USA-Mexico LTL Rates

The USA-Mexico LTL Reference Rates by SMC3 web service returns the LTL rate for a specific shipment weight, given a freight class for shipments between the USA and Mexico. You can select a standard freight class or use “None”. “None” acts as an FAK (Freight All Kinds) with rating between 70 and 77.5. You can adjust the estimated rate with an optional discount Adjustment Factor. This is a multiplier that calibrates the benchmark rate against observations of historical rates.

The rates:

• Exclude fuel
• Require full postal codes
• Include a 70%market-based discount
• Include an $85 minimum charge

You can estimate fuel surcharge costs by entering a value for the Average Diesel Fuel Price per Gallon.

To use the USA-Mexico LTL Rates web service:

1. On the Data Services main page, select USA-Mexico LTL Rates from the Transportation Rates drop-down.
2. Enter the Shipment Weight. This should be a positive value from 1 to 999,999.
3. Select the Origin Country.
4. Enter the Origin Postal Code.
5. Select the Destination Country.
6. Enter the Destination Postal Code.
7. Optionally select the Freight Class. If you leave this value set to “None”, rating is based on a Freight All Kinds (FAK) between 70 and 77.5.
8. Optionally enter an Average Diesel Rate. This value will be used to determine a Fuel Surcharge.
9. Optionally define an Adjustment Factor.
10. Select the Time Period.
    
11. Click Add to add a new record and populate the values as defined in the previous steps.
12. When all records are defined, click Get Results .

The Results will display one record for each unique Shipment Weight-Origin-Destination-Freight Class-Diesel Fuel-Adjustment combination that has a valid LTL tariff.

The number of output records for each input record is populated in the Result Count column on the query.

The results retrieved by the web service call are displayed below the query, for example:

Field	Value
Shipment Weight	12000
Origin Country	MEX
Origin Postal Code	87106
Destination Country	USA
Destination Postal Code	14305
Freight Class	77.5
Freight	4,116.41
Freight Class Adjusted	4,236.32
Fuel Surcharge	411.64
Total Charge	4,647.96
Adjustment Factor	0.95
Adjusted Total Charge	4,415.56
Average Diesel Fuel Price Per Gallon	2.83
Time Period	Q2/2017

The values in the results are calculated as follows:

• FAK Adjusted Value = Freight * FAK Adjustment
• Fuel Surcharge = FAK Adjusted Value * Surcharge Adjustment Rate (based on Average Diesel Rate)
• Total Charge = FAK Adjusted Value + Fuel Surcharge
• Adjusted Total Charge = Total Charge * Adjustment Factor