The National Council of the Maquiladora and Export Manufacturing Industry (Index) will carry out a B2B COVID-19 on May 20, in a virtual way to connect companies that sell products and services related to the global pandemic.

This B2B COVID-19 is endorsed by the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) and the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (Concamin).

Among the most demanded products by the public and private sector in the B2b COVID-19, according to the Index, are: gloves, surgical boots, diagnostic supplies, surgical soaps, aprons, face shield, glasses and 90-degree pure ethyl alcohol.

Also noteworthy: healing material, simple mask, Nk95 mask, face mask, generic antibacterial gel, alcohol-based antiseptic gel, oximeters, ventilators, monitors, intensive care chambers, sanitizing liquid, sanitizing mat, capsules for transfer of patients, tests COVID-19 identification reagents, hospital beds and digital thermometers, among other products.

B2B COVID-19

Business-to-business (business-to-business or B2B) refers to commercial transactions between companies, that is, those that are typically established between a manufacturer and the distributor of a product, or between a distributor and a retail trade .

The Index has organized several B2B focused on increasing the national content of Mexican exports.

Since December 2019, a new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV2, commonly known as COVID-19) has spread rapidly worldwide, with at least 150 countries and territories with confirmed cases, and on March 11, 2020, The COVID-19 outbreak was characterized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).

On February 28, 2020, Mexico confirmed its first case of coronavirus. The coronavirus pandemic has negatively influenced Mexico’s growth projections due, among other reasons, to its potential impact on the circulation of people and products around the world.

A continuous increase in the number of COVID-19 infections or a prolongation of the outbreak could increase the adverse economic effects.