Mexico to European Union
Jewellery into the EU
Prepare selected imports from Mexico: product scope, EU importer, customs, product rules and missing documents.
Choose the product
- Silver jewellery
New adult silver jewellery. No antiques, cultural goods, loose gemstones, raw precious metal or children’s jewellery.
- Base-metal costume jewellery
New adult base-metal costume jewellery, including plated pieces. No children’s jewellery, antiques or raw precious metals.
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.
Silver jewellery
Item, silver fineness, alloy, coatings, stones, weight, skin/piercing contact and existing marks.
- Prepare the consumer-safety file
- Check substances in materials and components
- Check nickel, lead and cadmium restrictions
- Check precious-metal rules in the destination
Base-metal costume jewellery
Item, base alloy, plating composition, stones, skin/piercing contact and marketing description.
- Prepare the consumer-safety file
- Check substances in materials and components
- Check nickel, lead and cadmium restrictions
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.
Preparation checks reviewed on 21 October 2026. Next review: 10 November 2026. Confirm the requirements for your product before dispatch.
Source dates may differ. This review covers preparation checks, not certification of a particular product or shipment.
- 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 Reviewed 20 September 2026: REACH Article 67 and Annex XVII framework, including cadmium, nickel and lead conditions for jewellery. Applicable entries, exceptions and testing still depend on the actual materials, finish and use.
- National product requirements and mutual recognition
- REACH: substance information in articles Reviewed 20 September 2026: Candidate List substance communication under REACH Article 33. This review does not establish the composition or conformity of a particular article.
- SCIP: suppliers and importers of articles Reviewed 20 September 2026: SCIP duty holders, article threshold and notification information. Assess this separately from REACH communication and RoHS.