Mexico Is a Top Destination for Doing Business
"Mexico ranks as top destinations for doing business according to the annual “Doing Business Report” released for 2013 by the World Bank. Mexico
improved 6 positions in the last two years according to World Bank findings, showing Mexico's nearshore location as formidable players in
international business.
Shelter company programs offered by consulting and administrative service firms offer global corporations the protection with oversight in Mexico’s
pro-business environment. From reducing the number of times a company pays taxes from 6 times in 2012 over 27 times in 2011, to the elimination of the
minimum $5,000 USD required to start a business, Mexico is coming out of the international business gates at full steam.
Key finding of the report showed Mexico is ranked 48 under the “ease of doing business category, surpassing all the BRIC countries including China
(91), Brazil (130), and India (132). Over the last decade the United States saw a lot of call center and customer support services moved overseas to
places such as India. With the recent report from the World Bank, one can expect call center services to be moved to nearshore locations such as Baja
Californian northern border cities of Tijuana and Mexicali. Call center services are often handled under Shelter company programs and agreements
offered by consulting firms in Mexico.
When leading electromechanical and cable assembly manufacturer, MRG (Manufacturing Resource Group) chose Co-Production International to provide
shelter services for their new cable assembly facility in Mexico, the decision was quickly proven worthwhile.
“"We have seen an increase in our business and see tremendous growth opportunity coming from existing customers and from other locations including the
West Coast,” said MRG President, Joe Prior, of the new operations.
Shelter companies allow international businesses to establish operations from call centers to manufacturing activities under a “shelter” of an
existing Mexican corporation. Acting as a “department” of an existing Mexican corporation allows the accountability and oversight of having your own
corporation, without having to invest the sizable capital needed in facilities, personnel and liabilities associated with them. In addition to shelter
services, manufacturing activities in Mexico have been proactively supported by both federal and municipal agencies in an effort to show nearshoring
benefits of producing close to the two large economies of the United States and Canada.
In a time where offshore destinations such as China are becoming less cost-effective, Mexico has continued to attract international corporations for
ease & reduced cost of transport, highly skilled workforce, free trade agreements offering no-tariff trade, and closer cultural connection to
North American businesses. The World Bank report assessed ten areas of business regulation affecting domestic firms for 185 economies that include;
starting a business, dealing with construction permits, getting electricity, registering property, getting credit, protecting investors, paying taxes,
trading across borders, enforcing contracts, and resolving insolvency. US companies are taking note of not only the nearshore benefits, but overall
ease of doing business in Mexico with the World Bank’s recent report."
[Edited on 4-22-2013 by Gypsy Jan]
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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