
Exporting from 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 buyer abroad who wants to source from Mexico, and for the producer who sells to that buyer: what Mexico makes, grows and mines, how to find and vet a supplier, the supply agreement, customs on both sides and the crossing.
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Also in Spanish, as a book of its own, written for the Mexican reader: Cómo exportar desde México.
Inside the book
- Part One. Decide
- Chapter 1. Why Buy from Mexico, and When Not To
- Chapter 2. What Mexico Makes, Grows and Mines
- Chapter 3. The Tariff Wall from the Buyer's Chair
- Part Two. Find
- Chapter 4. The Kind of Supplier, and the Brand Layer
- Chapter 5. Finding the Supplier
- Chapter 6. Vetting a Mexican Supplier
- Chapter 7. Owning the Spec, the Tooling and the Mark
- Part Three. Agree
- Chapter 8. Price, Quote, Incoterms and Landed Cost
- Chapter 9. The Supply Agreement
- Chapter 10. Paying and Getting Paid, PACA and the Peso
- Part Four. Move
- Chapter 11. Customs on Both Sides: The Export Pedimento, the Two Brokers and the Importer of Record
- Chapter 12. Proving Origin and Clean Inputs
- Chapter 13. Food and Farm at the Door
- Chapter 14. The Spirits Path
- Chapter 15. Goods Compliance: Consumer Products and Industrial Inputs
- Chapter 16. Crossing the Border: Corridors, Carriers and the Safe Load
- Chapter 17. Raw Commodities: Minerals, Metals, Salt and Crude
- Part Five. Sustain
- Chapter 18. Quality over the Years, and the Dual Chain
- Chapter 19. What Goes Wrong
- Chapter 20. One Move, China to Mexico
- Chapter 21. When to Stop Buying and Start Building
| Series | The Economics of Mexico, Book 4 |
|---|---|
| Author | J Rutan Flores |
| Publisher | Connected Continents Press LLC |
| Language | English (American) |
| Edition | 2027 Edition; figures as of October 2026 |
| Pages | 410 (paperback, 6 x 9 in) |
| Chapters | 21 |
| ISBN | Assigned when the edition is registered |
| Publication date | Announced to the readers' list |
US-Mexico trade in goods and services, 2025
Billions of US dollars
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