translated from Spanish: Authorities secomisate medical equipment and COVID tests at CDMX airport

Customs and Navy authorities seized medical equipment and COVID-19 testing equipment that sought to enter the country by evading taxes.
The Tax Administration System (SAT) explained that they stopped the arrival of 74 thousand 783 pieces of medical equipment such as oximeters, sprinklers and humidifiers, as well as 44 test equipment for COVID detection.
“This good is subject to compliance with Non-Tariff Regulations and Restrictions by the Ministry of Health for its legal importation, which was not complied with at the time of its customs recognition, and which was intended to evade contributions of one million 625 thousand 824 pesos,” the SAT said in a statement.
Last November 15, customs personnel stopped the entry of 10,000 coVID-19, 4,000, 216 thermometers, a thousand 435 sunglasses, 619 toys to assemble and other ornaments.
This forfeiture found the omission of several formalities, such as the payment of approximate customs value, for 2.8 million pesos; the general import tax of 131 thousand pesos; the Right to customs processing of 22 thousand pesos; value-added tax of 474 thousand pesos and total contributions of 630 thousand pesos.
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Original source in Spanish