Mexico Logistics & Infrastructure for Import and Export

Mexico has 65 international airports with Tijuana’s International Airport conveniently located just east of the city center taking only 10 minutes by car to reach most major industrial hubs. Executives also enjoy access to San Diego’s International located 20 minutes from the Tijuana and the US/Mexico border.

The San Diego/Tijuana Crossborder Xpress (CBX) is an enclosed pedestrian skywalk bridge for Tijuana Airport passengers who need to cross the US/Mexico border as a part of their trip. U.S. executives are utilizing this new infrastructure investment to make to speed up business travel and avoid driving across when going to and from their Mexico maquiladoras.

Utility costs include electricity and natural gas costs and represent up to 8.9 percent of total location-sensitive costs. Mexico has very low utility costs when compared to other major growth markets. For example, the capital of Baja California, Mexicali, lies just east of Tijuana, supplies most of its inhabitant’s electricity from hydroelectric power provided by the Colorado River.

 

Currently, utility costs are 4.79% less than in China. Within the last 2 years Mexico also made the electrical infrastructure for new facility sites easier to obtain by streamlining procedures, offering training opportunities to private contractors, using a geographic information system (GIS) to map the electricity distribution network and increasing the stock of materials.

Mexico has a solid access to internet, telephones and communications networks and is constantly adding to its holdings especially in manufacturing clusters throughout the country.

Between 2013 and 2018, the Mexican federal government will invest $100 billion dollars as outlined in the Transport and Communications Infrastructure Investment Program 2013-2018. The investment will focus on improvements and investments, of which 45% will be used to modernize and upgrade transport infrastructure and 55% will be used for telecommunications.

Mexico offers Class A to Class C industrial facilities in nearly every city. Manufacturing companies will find shell, semi-finished and built-to-suit options, as well as inexpensive land for new facility construction. Average leasing rates depend on the city, with places like the border cities of Baja California running $0.70 - $0.80 US Dollars per square foot.

To learn more about leasing rates and the industrial real estate markets in in Mexico, please see the individual pages for the Border Cities, El Bajío Region and Mainland Mexico.