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Manufacturers consider dozens of factors when it comes to expanding their operations. In addition to biaya associated with expansion, they also consider whether new operations will feature same production lines atau new production capabilities with expanded services.

Other key factors on decision table are location of plant dan regulatory environment, as Mexico has become economic hub untuk companies to successfully boost supply chain capabilities. Mexico’s free trade agreements with variety of countries allow manufacturers to gain raw materials dan supplies they need untuk production processes.

Mexico’s Free Trade Agreement Landscape

Unlike United States that has pulled back from many trade agreements dan has instituted tariffs on numerous countries, Mexico has made great efforts to get involved with other countries to bolster their economy dan manufacturing climate. As of 2020, country has 11 free trade agreements untuk reduce tariffs, eliminate tariffs, create trade blocs, dan open up markets. Some of these free trade agreements include:

Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership

Formerly Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is agreement with Mexico dan 10 other countries (Canada, Australia, Chile, Brunei, Japan, Peru, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore dan New Zealand) to introduce freer trade between member states.

While original TPP was negotiated by United States in 2016, country informed member states that agreement would not be ratified in 2017. New CPTPP was negotiated as it contains much of same text dan chapters as TPP, excluding about 30 provisions that were of importance to United States but were not required by other member states.

CPTPP opens up numerous service markets for member states, cuts many of tariffs except for specific good areas such as dairy dan rice, dan provides trade liberalization. Many other countries have shown interest in becoming part of CPTPP, including UK dan China.

NAFTA/USMCA

For 26 years, Mexico was part of three-country trade agreement with United States dan Canada called North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Recently, three countries have modernized agreement to include several key factors, including de minimus shipment levels between countries. This new trade agreement, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) went into effect. Some key provisions in NAFTA/USMCA include:

• Raise in de minimus shipment values up to C $40 (Canada) dan USD $50 (Mexico) untuk lower formal entry procedures
• Duty free shipments of up to C $150 (Canada) dan USD $117 (Mexico) equivalent levels
• Incentivize regional input use by sourcing more textiles within North America
• Labor dan environmental enforcement standards

Many of new provisions in NAFTA/USMCA allow small and medium manufacturers to conduct more cross-border trade. Agreement also seeks to enforce environmental dan labor laws to ensure products are created at higher standards.

Other Trade Agreements

In addition to CPTPP dan NAFTA/USMCA, Mexico is also part of EU-Mexico Trade Agreement, European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Mexico-Central America Free Trade Agreement, Pacific Alliance dan many others. Through these trade agreements, Mexico has created international economic presence.

With ongoing trade war between United States dan China, many manufacturers are moving their operations to Mexico to take advantage of benefits.

With free trade, lower tariffs, dan removal of duties on certain products, manufacturers can further leverage their supply chains. They can seek out more competitive suppliers, helping them find best raw materials at lowest prices. Then raw materials dan products can be transported quickly dan economically to desired manufacturing plants for production processes before being shipped to end destinations.

Here at Impro, we have expanded our operations into Mexico region to provide enhanced manufacturing services to customers throughout North America. By staying up-to-date to current regulatory environments dan leveraging provisions in free trade agreements, we are able to meet production dan shipping standards set for small, medium dan large companies around world. We can fulfill your orders for manufactured products dan components for your applications.