Mexico to European Union
Ceramics into the EU
Prepare selected imports from Mexico: product scope, EU importer, customs, product rules and missing documents.
Choose the product
- Glazed ceramic cup or plate for food contact
New glazed ceramic cup or plate intended for food. No cookware, infant feeding article or active/intelligent food-contact material.
- Decorative ceramic object
New decorative ceramic object without intended or reasonably foreseeable food contact. No antique, toy or electrical fitting.
Selected new goods, not every product in the category. Choose the closest example, then confirm its scope.
Your preparation checklist
What to prepare first
Confirm the EU importer, exact product specification, origin and destination. Your customs representative must establish the current classification and import measures.
Glazed ceramic cup or plate for food contact
Shape, dimensions, glaze, decoration, intended foods, contact temperature/time and manufacturer batch.
- Test the actual food-contact ceramic
- Prepare the consumer-safety file
- Check substances in materials and components
Decorative ceramic object
Shape, use, glaze/coating, dimensions, stability, sharp edges and evidence supporting non-food use.
- Prepare the consumer-safety file
- Check substances in materials and components
Sources and scope
This preparation guidance does not establish a tariff, certify conformity or approve a shipment. The importer must confirm the exact product and destination-country requirements before dispatch.
Source review: 16 September 2026. Review due: 16 October 2026.
- EU importer responsibilities
- EORI registration
- TARIC: classification and import measures
- Current EU-Mexico agreement: rules of origin
- Packaging rules: phased application
- When CE marking applies
- General Product Safety Regulation
- REACH: restricted substances (official indexed text reviewed)
- Food-contact materials: EU and national rules
- Ceramics: migration tests and declaration (official indexed text reviewed)
- REACH: substance information in articles (official indexed text reviewed)
- SCIP: suppliers and importers of articles (official indexed text reviewed)