The pieces of this puzzle don't seem to fit together. To correctly complete the nearshoring picture in Mexico, public and private players must improve the conditions offered by the country so that more companies decide to relocate their production lines in the national territory.

This trend has gained momentum in the face of events such as the trade war between China and the United States, the health crisis caused by COVID-19 and the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, situations that have had adverse effects on the supply chains of multiple industries, projecting into shortages of raw materials and a constant rise in prices throughout the world.

Of interest: Almost 60% of the industrial demand of Mexicali during 2022 was from BTS

Migrating a production line does not happen overnight. To support these companies in their analyses, the speech that government promoters use to attract these investments to the country takes elements such as its strategic location, being a neighbor of the largest economy in the world.

Added to this is the availability of at least 13 free trade agreements that bring it closer to just over 50 economies in the world, including the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC); skilled labor in different industries and class A industrial spaces.

However, the actors who have worked face to face with investors acknowledge that the country faces several weaknesses. In infrastructure issues, the main aspect that concerns the industry is the energy issue, that is, being able to provide the necessary energy to companies that come to the country in search of spaces to establish their operations.

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The general director of the Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks (AMPIP), Claudia Esteves, shares in an interview with T21 that the industrial real estate sector must satisfy the needs of its tenants, since it is estimated that industrial parks consume approximately eight thousand 300 gigawatts (GW) per year and growth in this demand is expected for the next two years of approximately 2,300 additional GW.

In this regard, the representative of the industrial parks assures that they have carried out lobbying actions, mainly with the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).

In Solili you can consult industrial warehouses available in Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara

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