Analysis of the Statistics System of the Mexican Trade Balance

Abstract

Received: November 12, 2018. Approved: December 5, 2018. The information of the commercial exchange of merchandise carried out in Mexico is compiled through the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) which registers the Statistics of Foreign Trade of Mexico (ECEM), whose information allows the decision-making in commercial and financial matters. However, a method that allows the validation of volume data imported and exported from commercial operations through a customs broker has not been developed, so there is an overegistration of the data. The objective of this paper is to establish a method of validation of imports and exports considering the volumes by tariff fraction and unit of measure, as well as the Incoterms, to generate a specific registry that allows obtaining more reliable information and serves to make decisions of the actors involved in foreign trade. This analysis was developed with a quantitative approach with information from 2012 to 2015 obtained by customs agencies in Mexico.