How much does it cost to ship from Canada to Mexico?

The current roiling of oil prices means that shipping costs from Canada to Mexico have risen a lot and are unpredictable. However, one thing that has been certain for the last 20 years, is that Secureship has been able to arrange much lower shipping for Canadian residents. While Secureship can reduce your shipping costs by 50%, there are a number of other strategies that also help reduce your shipping expenses. They include slower deliveries, reusing packaging materials, and minimising parcel size. Finally, abiding by a country’s importation rules will lessen the chance a parcel will be detained or returned to the sender, as either situation costs your time and reputation.

Table of Contents

• Secureship – Canada’s Best Shipping Broker
• Other Ways to Save on Shipping
• Mexican Importation Rules
• Conclusion

Secureship – Canada’s Best Shipping Broker

Shipping brokers have knowledge, contacts, and agreements with carriers that the average person does not. So, when you sign-up with Secureship you will benefit from this firm’s bulk buying agreements with Purolator, UPS, and FedEx. And that could mean savings of at least 50% off a carrier’s retail price.

And the table below clearly demonstrates how much Secureship can save you from carriers’ retail rates.

Other Ways to Save on Shipping

By far, little else can save you as much on shipping as Secureship can. But a number of easy to deploy strategies can also collectively add up to save you money.

And who can afford to spend more than necessary with rates so high?

Transit time

Transit time, or how long it takes to deliver a shipment, also has a notable impact on shipping rates.

Overnight timelines will cost you a lot more compared to those of several days. So, unless a shipment is an emergency, delaying its delivery a bit could save a lot on your bottom line.

Reuse packaging materials

Reusing packaging materials is a small but easy way of saving the recurring cost of buying new stuffing for a shipment.

There is an exception, however – boxes. A single trip could reduce a box’s rated strength in half. So, for a shipment of breakables, it would be worth the expense for an unused box.

Package size

In the shipping industry, larger parcels cost more to ship than smaller ones even if the weight has not changed.

This is due to a carrier’s calculation of a parcel’s billable weight. Which can be best understood by the diagram below.

Mexican Importation Rules

In addition to the shipping rate, shippers need to be aware of a country’s importation rules. For example, shipping restricted goods or quantities beyond what is allowed could result in delivery delays or returned parcels. And that would be an indirect cost to you or your firm.

Some examples of restricted goods include:

• Seeds, bulbs, flowers
• Vegetables, fresh fruit
• Grains (corn, quinoa, beans, lentils)
• Coffee, fresh chestnuts, honey

Conclusion

It does not take much searching to realise how expensive it is to ship from Canada to Mexico. But the good news is that after nearly 20 years, Secureship continues to find and pass on lower shipping costs to its clients, which could be upwards of 70%. After that, there are other ways to save – extending transit times, ship goods in smaller boxes, and reuse packing peanuts or bubble wrap. And though these strategies are less impactful than what Secureship can deliver, they all add up to saving you money at a time when margins are tighter than ever. It is also important to realise that ensuring a parcel enters Mexico legally and without delay is an important non-monetary saving to your firm’s reliability.