The United States, Canada, China (including Hong Kong), the United Kingdom and Germany ranked at the top of the Kearney FDI Confidence Index 2024. This index is compiled from primary data from a Kearney survey of senior executives of the world’s leading companies. The survey was conducted in
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), remittances and exports broke records in Mexico in 2023, according to SHCP data. In general, although to a lesser extent, the external sector contributed to the growth of the Mexican economy last year. The largest inflow of foreign currency came from exports, mainly to
The United States Trade Representation (USTR) highlighted some of the customs barriers and trade facilitation-related barriers in Mexico. In their view, Mexico continues to provide insufficient advance notice of procedural changes, inconsistent interpretation of regulatory requirements at different border posts, and uneven border enforcement of Mexican standards and
Exports from Nuevo Leon in the fourth quarter of 2023 surpassed the corresponding exports from Baja California, according to Inegi data released on Monday. With this, Nuevo Leon ranked third among Mexico‘s largest product exporting states. Nuevo Leon is the third largest contributor to Mexico’s GDP and exports
Chinese pork imports originating in the United States were $387 million in 2023, a 76.5% decline from their all-time high in 2020. What was the recent trajectory? These Chinese foreign purchases declined from $1.649 billion in 2020, to $885 million in 2021 and then to $519 million in
Net exports contributed 0.3 percentage points to U.S. GDP growth in all four quarters of 2023. According to a White House report, significant positive contributions in the first and last quarters were only partially offset by contributions that were close to the normal rate of expansion before the