Energy Reforms and Manufacturing in Mexico

Lots of perspectives and commentary swirls around the 2013 Energy Reforms in Mexico. The Reforms permit more private participation in the production of both Oil and Gas and Electricity, plus in some cases greater downstream support by the private sector. The bylaws...

Customs / Aduanas / Freight Forwarding

We’ve only interacted with Mexican customs (aside from personally at the airport) through brokers… FedEx’s brokers, UPS’s brokers, Mailboxes Etc’s brokers, the freight forwarder Expeditors, but also some independent brokers. In terms of getting our shipments through,...

What are your expectations for Mexico?

Many of our clients have already expanded into other countries, or even entered Mexico already, before they come to us, but a large share are also completely new to exporting. Some have conducted analysis about how to prioritize international marketing, and different...

Some Notes On Driving

How’s this for a first blog post? Welcome! I just took a client in the metalworking sector to visit several buyers in the Queretaro and San Luis Potosi automotive clusters. We had some good visits, but the takeaway for me was that it’s a lot slower driving in the...