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Foreign direct investment in Mexico



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Syllabus of the Subject

Mexico: 2nd place in Latin America as FDI destination

  1. Framework for the foreign direct investment in Mexico
  2. Overview of the foreign direct investment in Mexico
  3. Changes and trends in foreign direct investment
  4. Foreign Direct Investment by sector, Mexican States, and Country
  5. Incentives for the foreign investment
  6. Agreements on Reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments

Foreign Trade and Business in Mexico

The Subject “Foreign direct investment in Mexico” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB)

Doctorate: Global Trade, American Business.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB) Online

Languages: Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English or Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish México Study Doctorate in International Business in French Mexique Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Mexico.

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Continuing education (International Trade & Business)

The Foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown in Mexico, owing to its competitive costs compared to other countries, advantage of its geographical location (NAFTA, APEC) and its qualified labour

  1. Recently, the foreign direct investment reached a value of 6,058 million dollars, (Heineken's acquisition of FEMSA Beer)
  2. The Automotive sector in Mexico represented 6% of the total foreign direct investment
  3. Companies like Volkswagen, Fiat, Daimler, Pirelli and General Motors announced investments of 4,000 million dollars for vehicles and parts manufacture
  4. Investment in the auto parts sector reached 400 million dollars (530,000 jobs)
  5. Investment in the medical devices sector rose to 927.5 million dollars
  6. The Medical device industry in Mexico receives 927 million dollars in foreign direct investment0
  7. The main FDI sources were the U.S., Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands
  8. Mexico ranks in the second place in Latin America as a foreign direct investment destination with 23% of the total in software projects in the region
  9. Nestlé invested 390 million dollars to increase the productive capacity of its factory in Toluca
States of Mexico Foreign direct investment
Total State % Mexican Participation
Total of Mexico 17,726 100%
Aguascalientes 19 0.1%
Baja California 725 4.1%
Baja California Sur 5 0%
Campeche 13 0.1%
Coahuila 75 0.4%
Colima 0 0%
Chiapas 2 0%
Chihuahua 1,414 8%
Federal district 6,986 39.4%
Durango 212 1.2%
Guanajuato 85 0.5%
Guerrero -58 -0.3%
Hidalgo 17 0.1%
Jalisco 1,153 6.5%
Mexico 917 5.2%
Michoacán 3 0%
Morelos 6 0%
Nayarit 3 0%
Nuevo Leon 5,097 28.8%
Oaxaca 2 0%
Puebla 153 0.9%
Querétaro 280 1.6%
Quintana Roo 29 0.2%
San Louis Potosí -4 0%
Sinaloa 10 0.1%
Sonora 109 0.6%
Tabasco 0 0%
Tamaulipas 231 1.3%
Tlaxcala 38 0.2%
Veracruz 77 0.4%
Yucatán 3 0%
Zacatecas 120 0.7%

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