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The Economics of Mexico · Book 4

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.

Contents

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  1. Part One. Decide
    1. Chapter 1. Why Buy from Mexico, and When Not To
    2. Chapter 2. What Mexico Makes, Grows and Mines
    3. Chapter 3. The Tariff Wall from the Buyer's Chair
  2. Part Two. Find
    1. Chapter 4. The Kind of Supplier, and the Brand Layer
    2. Chapter 5. Finding the Supplier
    3. Chapter 6. Vetting a Mexican Supplier
    4. Chapter 7. Owning the Spec, the Tooling and the Mark
  3. Part Three. Agree
    1. Chapter 8. Price, Quote, Incoterms and Landed Cost
    2. Chapter 9. The Supply Agreement
    3. Chapter 10. Paying and Getting Paid, PACA and the Peso
  4. Part Four. Move
    1. Chapter 11. Customs on Both Sides: The Export Pedimento, the Two Brokers and the Importer of Record
    2. Chapter 12. Proving Origin and Clean Inputs
    3. Chapter 13. Food and Farm at the Door
    4. Chapter 14. The Spirits Path
    5. Chapter 15. Goods Compliance: Consumer Products and Industrial Inputs
    6. Chapter 16. Crossing the Border: Corridors, Carriers and the Safe Load
    7. Chapter 17. Raw Commodities: Minerals, Metals, Salt and Crude
  5. Part Five. Sustain
    1. Chapter 18. Quality over the Years, and the Dual Chain
    2. Chapter 19. What Goes Wrong
    3. Chapter 20. One Move, China to Mexico
    4. Chapter 21. When to Stop Buying and Start Building
Book facts
SeriesThe Economics of Mexico, Book 4
AuthorJ Rutan Flores
PublisherConnected Continents Press LLC
LanguageEnglish (American)
Edition2027 Edition; figures as of October 2026
Pages410 (paperback, 6 x 9 in)
Chapters21
ISBNAssigned when the edition is registered
Publication dateAnnounced to the readers' list

US-Mexico trade in goods and services, 2025

Billions of US dollars

US sells to MexicoUS$390.4 BUS buys from MexicoUS$580.6 B
Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis, US International Transactions factsheet, 2025. Together about US$971 billion (derived). More dated data: rutanamex.com.