Thursday, July 10, 2025

MND_NEARSHORING IN MEXICO

shell of a car on the assembly line

Mexican auto industry rebounds in June with record production

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After contracting the previous five months, the number of light vehicles assembled in Mexico during the first half of 2025 was higher than in any January-June period on record.
Cargo shipping containers

Exports to US rebound in May after tariff-induced turbulence

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After an unusually weak April, Mexican companies appear to be adapting to new market conditions.
President Sheinbaum in front of an audience of reporters

Will Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ hurt nearshoring in Mexico? Thursday’s mañanera...

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The impact of Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" in Mexico and Sinaloa Cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán's legal case were points of discussion at the Thursday presser.
BYD ship docking at a Mexican port

BYD’s first shipment to Mexico on company-owned vessel marks ‘milestone’ for EV expansion

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The BYD Changzhou, a 200-meter-long roll-on/roll-off ship that flies the flag of West African country Liberia, docked in the ports of Mazatlán and Lázaro Cárdenas this month, delivering a total of 5,503 vehicles.
German multinational tech company Bosch's manufacturing plant in Toluca

Mexico ranks No. 11 in the world for attracting foreign investment

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According to a UN report, Mexico has held steady as an attractive FDI destination, even as global investment is shrinking.
A rendering shows cargo containers moving along an automated freight corridor guideway above a highway

Startup aims to speed up trade with Monterrey-to-Texas automated freight corridor

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The ambitious US $10-billion project seeks to bypass — and possibly reduce — costly congestion at the biggest Mexico-U.S. commercial border crossing.
night in Monterrey

Foreign investment is up in a key nearshoring state, despite threat of US tariffs

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Companies based in the U.S. committed more than half of the total foreign direct investment announced in Nuevo León during the first quarter of 2025.
warehoused refrigerators

Mexican home appliance manufacturers brace for even more US tariffs

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Manufactured goods subject to the U.S. 50% steel tariffs now include refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers and stoves, among others.
Finsa sign at sunset

In a show of business confidence, Finsa will invest US $500M in warehouses

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The planned investment reflects the real estae developer's conviction that “Mexico remains a strategic country for North American manufacturing.”
Office of the Mexico tax authority (SAT)

Despite regulatory complexity, investment in Mexico remains high

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Doing business in Mexico can be a bureaucratic headache. Nonetheless, interest in investing here remains strong.
Angry Trump

US trade court blocks Trump’s ‘fentanyl trafficking’ tariffs against Mexico

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Tariffs remain in place, for now, after the Trump administration quickly appealed the ruling.
Kia factory in Nuevo León.

Kia Mexico to expand Nuevo León operations

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Kia has confirmed Mexico production will continue despite U.S. tariffs, focusing on K4 and K3 models and expanding exports worldwide.
Factory workers assemble a car

Nearshoring lives on: Despite economic uncertainty, the flow of fresh capital into Mexico is...

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New foreign investment has shown surprisingly strong growth compared to last year, though it remains a small portion of total FDI.