Mexico as a Global Partner Manufacturing Competitiveness April 28, 2015

Competitiveness Competitiveness pertains to the ability and performance of a company, industry or country to sell and supply goods/services in a given market, in relation to the ability and performance of other in the same market. The Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum defines competitiveness as "the set of institutions, policies, and factors that determine the level of productivity of a country".

Top 25 Export Economies

New Patterns of Change

Mexico & the U.S. are rising stars

In 2020 Mexico will offer a better competitive cost, surpassing its actual competitors Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics ( ), Promexico with information from Global Insight ( ). Labor Costs (dollars /hour)

Mexico will display real exchange rate (RER) stability vs USD. This will rise production costs (in USD). Source: ProMexico with Global Insight forecasts (using the Producer Price Indexes for the selected countries).

Number of days of sea transportation from selected ports to the U.S. For all countries sea transportation days were estimated with respect to the L.A. seaport; except for Recife and Veracruz, that were estimated with respect to the N.Y. seaport. Source: ProMexico with Sea Rates. OriginDestination → US CountrySeaportDays MexicoManzanillo3.3 MexicoVeracruz5.4 BrazilRecife10.2 JapanYokohama13.4 KoreaInchon15.6 ChinaShanghai15.9 TaiwanKeelung16.4 PhilippinesManila18.1 MalaysiaKuantan21.0 Singapore 21.3 ThailandBangkok21.4

Competitiveness in MX Standard & Poor’s Rating Services: BBB+, A-2 Energy International Agency: $73 World Bank (Doing Business 2015): #39 of 189 Free Trade Agreements Regional Manufacturing Human Capital Optimistic but Cautious: Legal Reforms

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Improve Competitiveness Client satisfactionProcesses & performanceInnovation & new productsReduce costs Develop human talent

Increase Profit Better use of assets Improve Innovation Improve IT Expand to emerging Less labor costs More low cost Outsourcing markets suppliers

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