Overview

The custom of La Mesa is located inside the Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport.

With the main objective with the measures established above is to avoid the interruption of national and regional trade, providing ease and agility to imports and exports.

Daily capacity

According to the National Institute of Statistics of Honduras (INE), the daily capacity of La Mesa Customs in Honduras is 1,000 20-foot containers (TEU). However, actual capacity is usually lower, due to factors such as the availability of personnel, equipment, and infrastructure.

Customs clearance

1. Commercial Invoice (original):

The Original Invoice must be formulated in the Spanish language or its corresponding translation attached. That commercial invoice shall contain at least the following information:

• Name and address of the seller;
• Place and date of issue;
• Name and address of the buyer of the goods;
• Detailed description of the goods, by make, model or style;
• Quantity of the goods;
• Unit and total value of the goods; and
• Terms agreed with the seller. When the commercial description of the goods included in the commercial invoice comes in code or codes, the importer must attach to the invoice a list of the information duly decoded.

2. Letter of the means of transport (original):

• Present the transport document that has been contracted and negotiated.

3. Customs Value Declaration (DVA) (original)

4. FAUCA (simple copy):

• Certificate of Origin

5. Phytosanitary Export Certificate of the country of origin (simple copy)

6. category A and B: Phytosanitary certificate (original)

In the case of urgent shipments (DE SOCORRO), the clearance procedure established  in Decree No. 147-2020 — Law for the Facilitation of International Humanitarian Assistance in the Event of Disaster and Initial Recovery will apply.