Mexico is having an impressive growth with respect to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), although there are great obstacles that prevent it from being greater

Mexico registered an increase of 49.2% in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the first half of 2022, this compared to what was obtained last year, adding 27 thousand 512 million dollars, according to data from the Ministry of Economy.

The agency indicates that, by sector, 24.2% of this capital corresponds to the manufacturing industry; 19.4% to information in the mass media; the insurance and financial services industry captured 17.2%; the transport industry 15.3%; construction 7.3% and mining 5.8%, while the remaining sectors captured the remaining 10.8%.

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The United States remains the country with the highest FDI, contributing 39.1%, followed by Spain with 10.8%; Canada with 7.1%; France with 3.4%; Argentina with 3.2% and United Kingdom with 3.0%.

Various specialists agree that the attraction of foreign capital has continued to grow due to multiple factors that place the country as a safe investment zone, among which its geographical position stands out and the numerous treaties to which it belongs, as well as the improvement of the political and economic stability that has developed in recent years and that has made Mexico an attractive country.

These same characteristics have placed the national territory as the ideal destination for the relocation of companies, a phenomenon that has boomed so far this year due, among other things, to the political conflicts between the United States and China or Russia. and Ukraine.

However, the strong dependence of Mexico on the US, the high level of corruption, the high crime rate, the reservation of some sectors for the Mexican State are great obstacles for a larger FDI, according to Export Entreprises, a provider of solutions TradeTech.

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For this, companies must seek help in their most demanding transactions and tasks; use the most advanced asset protection techniques, which will help them minimize the probabilities of patrimonial contingencies generated by actions from third parties, indicated the technological solutions firm.

He concluded by noting that companies must have efficient solutions to manage the main sources of legal risk by combining factors that include countries of residence and citizenship, age, annual net income and type of business.

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