Mexico buyer journey: planning, permits, supplier checks, financing and quotes
Five steps from a rough idea to comparable written offers. Each step says what to decide, what to check and who to check it with. Requirements vary by state, municipality and operation, so confirm each one with the authority named and with a qualified local adviser before you spend money.
Plan: write down what you actually need to make
Fix the job the machine must do before anyone quotes. Offers can only be compared when every supplier answers the same written requirement, and these notes become the first lines of your RFQ.
- Species and production stage you feed (broilers, layers, pigs, dairy or beef cattle, tilapia, shrimp) and how much feed you use per day or month.
- Feed form: mash, pellets and pellet size, crumble, or floating/sinking aquafeed, which needs an extruder rather than a pellet press.
- Output per hour or per batch, and how many shifts you will run.
- Power available on site: single-phase or three-phase, contracted capacity with CFE, and whether a diesel or tractor-driven unit is more realistic.
- What you will make versus buy: complete feed, concentrate, premix plus local grain, or on-farm mixing of bought ingredients.
- Storage for ingredients and finished feed, humidity and pest control, and how feed reaches the animals.
Permits and rules: check what federal, state and municipal authorities require
Requirements depend on your state and municipality and on whether the feed is for your own animals or for sale. This list names the rules and authorities to ask about; it is not a determination that any of them applies to you. Confirm each item with the authority and with a qualified local adviser or customs broker before you order equipment.
- Selling feed or feed ingredients: SENASICA (part of the Secretaría de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural) oversees animal-feed establishments and products — ask which registration or authorisation applies to your operation.
- Medicated feed or feed additives with veterinary use: follow SENASICA rules and a veterinarian's prescription; do not mix medicated feed without that advice.
- Electrical installation: wiring, motors and starters should follow NOM-001-SEDE (instalaciones eléctricas), installed by a qualified electrician, with supply contracted through CFE.
- Workplace safety if you have employees: machine guarding under NOM-004-STPS and electrical-maintenance safety under NOM-029-STPS, overseen by the Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS).
- Buildings and land use: a new shed, slab or dust-collection system may need a municipal construction licence and land-use (uso de suelo) review, plus local civil-protection requirements.
- Imported machinery: tariff classification, duties and any non-tariff requirements are set at import; check SNICE and confirm with your customs broker (agente aduanal) before the machine ships.
Supplier checks: ask every supplier the same questions
Send each supplier the same written brief and the same questions, and keep the answers. FeedMatch is supplier-neutral: the team collects and reviews offers on your behalf rather than pushing one brand.
- Motor rating, voltage, phase and frequency (60 Hz in Mexico) — does it match your measured supply?
- Are manuals, wiring diagrams and safety labels available in Spanish?
- Which die sizes are supplied for your species and stage, and how many spare dies, rollers and bearings are included?
- Claimed output on your own ration, not a demonstration mix, and which grinder, mixer, conditioner, cooler or dust control is needed around the press.
- Who installs, commissions and services the machine in your state, what the warranty covers and voids, and typical response time.
- Lead time for the machine and for spare parts held in Mexico, and the delivery basis (Incoterm) quoted.
- Can the supplier provide two or three reference farms of your species and size, through FeedMatch?
- What is excluded: freight, import duties and customs fees, unloading, foundations, electrical work, training and start-up materials.
Financing: look at independent options once costs are known
Financing is your own decision with your own lender. FeedMatch is not a bank, lender or credit adviser, does not arrange credit, and cannot promise approval, rates or terms; any external financing review is optional, happens only with your consent, and comes after the requirement and quotes are structured. These are common Mexican routes to ask about — eligibility and conditions are set by each institution.
- Equipment credit or leasing (arrendamiento) from the commercial bank or credit union that already knows your farm.
- FIRA (Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura): development-bank funding and credit-backing programmes for agriculture, livestock and fisheries, channelled through banks and other intermediaries.
- Financiera para el Bienestar: federal development lending for rural and productive activities.
- Nacional Financiera (NAFIN): development-bank programmes for small and medium businesses, usually through intermediary banks.
- Ask your lender to compare leasing with a loan once interest, fees, VAT treatment and insurance are added up.
Quote request: one brief, sent to every supplier
Send the same written requirement to every supplier so offers can be compared on identical terms: species and stage, feed form and pellet size, output, available power, delivery point and what you already own. Ask each supplier to state in writing what is included and excluded, and to quote the same delivery basis.
- Attach the planning notes from step 1 and the questions from step 3 so no supplier answers a different question.
- Ask for machine price, freight to your delivery point, and import, installation and training costs shown separately.
- Compare offers on delivered, landed cost and complete scope, not on the headline machine price.
- Check each offer against your own figures in the cost and ROI calculators before deciding.
Official pages linked above were last opened on 16 October 2026. FeedMatch is not a bank, lender, customs broker, lawyer or tax adviser and does not arrange credit or guarantee approval, rates, savings or outcomes.
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