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The Economics of Mexico · Book 3

Making It in Mexico

The People, the Market, the Money, the Risks and the Rules for Those Coming from Abroad

J Rutan Flores

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For the company that wants to make or assemble in Mexico: whether to come at all, the five routes from the contract manufacturer to a plant of your own, the people, where to build, how to run it from a distance, and what goes wrong.

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Also in Spanish, as a book of its own, written for the Mexican reader: Cómo fabricar en México.

Contents

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  1. Part One. Should You Come?
    1. Chapter 1. Value Add: Why Make It in Mexico Now
    2. Chapter 2. Mexico Is Not China
    3. Chapter 3. The Real Cost, and the Forgotten Costs
    4. Chapter 4. Deciding Under the Tariff Wall
    5. Chapter 5. Are You Ready? Runway and the Pressure Test
  2. Part Two. How: The Five Routes
    1. Chapter 6. The Five Routes Compared
    2. Chapter 7. The Contract Manufacturer as the School
    3. Chapter 8. The Shelter, and When It Becomes a Trap
    4. Chapter 9. Tolling and Co-packing Your Own Formula
    5. Chapter 10. Your Own Company: Own the Machine
    6. Chapter 11. IMMEX for the P&L
    7. Chapter 12. Tax on Both Sides of the Border
  3. Part Three. With Whom and Where
    1. Chapter 13. Find and Vet: The First Fifteen Minutes
    2. Chapter 14. The People Who Serve the Plant
    3. Chapter 15. Your People: The Dignity System
    4. Chapter 16. Where to Build: The North Is Full
  4. Part Four. Building and Running It
    1. Chapter 17. Building the Plant in Five Steps
    2. Chapter 18. Supply Base, Shipping North, Proving Origin
    3. Chapter 19. The Regulated Lines
    4. Chapter 20. Launch, Quality and Control from a Distance
  5. Part Five. What Goes Wrong
    1. Chapter 21. Divorce Before the Wedding
    2. Chapter 22. The Failure File and the Exit
Book facts
SeriesThe Economics of Mexico, Book 3
AuthorJ Rutan Flores
PublisherConnected Continents Press LLC
LanguageEnglish (American)
Edition2027 Edition; figures as of October 2026
Pages366 (paperback, 6 x 9 in)
Chapters22
ISBNAssigned when the edition is registered
Publication dateAnnounced to the readers' list

Minimum wage for one day

US dollars a day: Mexico's general minimum against eight hours at the US federal minimum

Mexico, 2026$17.60United States$58.00
Source: Mexico: CONASAMI, 315.04 pesos a day from January 1, 2026, at 17.9042 pesos per dollar (DOF, December 29, 2025). United States: $7.25 an hour times eight, US Department of Labor, as of July 1, 2026. More dated data: rutanamex.com.