Mexico trade

Mexico tops Canada and China as the No. 1 U.S. trade partner during September with $67 billion in trade.

This week in Borderlands: $18B LNG export terminal project moves forward at Texas seaport; DHL investing $560M to expand supply chains in Mexico, South America; German manufacturer announces 1st facility in Mexico; and CBP seizes nearly $4 million in meth from a California border crossing.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City, CSX and Genesee & Wyoming railroads aim to establish a direct interchange connection near Myrtlewood, Alabama.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City is adding 1,000 refrigerated intermodal containers to its Mexico railroad business.

Mexico’s heavy-duty truck manufacturers exported 12,702 vehicles to the U.S. in February.

Inside this edition: Mexico hits back-to-back trading partner win; omnichannel the next big move for 3PLs; and big developments in the land of C.H. Robinson.

Mexico breaks record for cargo vehicle production, exports

Mexico truck makers break export record in August

After 10 years of negotiations, the Mexican state of Jalisco recently received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to begin exporting Hass avocados to America.

Trucks carried more than two-thirds of U.S.-Mexico cross-border freight in March

energy trade between the U.S. and Mexico reached a nine-year high

Mexico trucking officials said they saw a decline in demand for heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. during March.

The former Mexican chief negotiator for the USMCA highlights the nation’s economic and trade advantages.

Security guarantees sought for avocado inspectors in Michoacán

In December, Mexico’s commercial truck industry produced 19,739 tractor-trailers

Mexico is the largest avocado producer in the world, with a volume that exceeded 2.3 million tons in 2020

The logistics startup has wrapped up its series B funding round.

Nowports aims to digitize supply chains from Asia to the Americas with $16 million in Series A funding.

Mexico Remains Top US Trade Partner, Canada No. 2

Lean inventory doesn’t sit well with supply volatility. The chip shortage, as well as the pandemic, have been a wake-up call for supply chain managers.

Reshoring had been in a slump the past decade, but 2020 saw it increase by more than 45%. As companies look to bring home operations, nearshoring will be on the rise.

For the second month in a row, China was the main trading partner of the U.S., followed by Mexico, Canada and Japan.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, truckers hauling produce are collecting rates never-before-seen in December. Plus, construction continues on Nikola’s electric truck assembly plant and warehouse space remains red-hot.

Mexican all-cargo carrier MasAir is operating multiday service each week from Los Angeles to Mexico for DHL Express.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, FMCSA will study the use of interstate commercial truck drivers under the age of 21. Plus, a bankrupt oil company has left carriers facing an uncertain future, and trucking sector employment is starting to rise.

Company is leveraging rail service for its Transplace customers.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit the United States-Mexico auto supply chain hard, truck capacity has fluctuated at the border.

A forum on dual-trailer trucks, to discuss the economic benefits and road safety, was held in Mexico’s Senate Wednesday through Friday.

A Boston-based real estate firm recently purchased a 24-acre industrial park about 3 miles from the Port of Houston and 200 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border.

Shutdown of Trusted Traveler Program in New York state could slow trade moving to and from Canada.

During the third quarter of 2019, the number of train robberies in Mexico rose 13% compared with the previous quarter, according to data compiled by Mexico’s Railway Transport Regulatory Agency […]

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: California leads the U.S. in meth border seizures by CBP; Albuquerque […]

In Mexico, the number of cargo thefts decreased 10.3% in November 2019, compared to the same month last year, according to recent data. There were 923 robberies of tractor-trailers reported […]

Texas continues to be a leader in international trade, ranking No. 1 in exports of manufactured and non-manufactured commodities for the third quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Year-to-date, […]

Just days after Mexico’s Senate voted to approve modifications negotiated into the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), U.S. officials introduced a labor enforcement provision that threatened to stall the trade agreement. An […]

Sunset Transportation, a St. Louis-based third-party logistics (3PL) provider, recently opened a new customs brokerage office and warehouse facility at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The new Laredo branch […]

As two large companies in the freight industry announced they were eliminating or scaling back trucking services in Mexico last week, industry insiders say cross-border trade will continue to expand. […]

Covenant Transport has decided to end all service to the interior of Mexico, citing dropping spot market pricing, increasing detention times and an inability to gain the freight density needed […]

The Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo should “bet more on logistics and foreign trade” than on attracting more maquiladoras, according to trade experts. “Nuevo Laredo no longer needs to […]

Mexico’s national association of heavy duty truck and bus manufacturers (ANPACT), reported the manufacture of commercial trucks grew 6% in July, producing 20,006 units, when compared against 18,863 units in […]

Transplace’s 2019 Carrier Symposium in Dallas discussed the latest topics impacting the carrier industry, including both capacity excesses and shortages, ELDs, regulatory changes, and driver issues. Frank McGuigan, chief executive […]

As part of an Austerity Law passed by the Mexican legislature in May, commerce officials in Mexico recently ordered the closure of six foreign commercial trade offices, including customs offices […]

Truckload carrier stocks have held up through the last six trading sessions, walking through a couple of potential body blows.

Market expert Donald Broughton writes about the numerous consequences of a U.S. Mexico trade war and the damage that will be done on both sides of the border.

President Trump’s recent announcement of tariffs on Mexico marks a sharp departure from previous moves with potentially disastrous results for U.S. businesses and supply chains

J.B. Hunt Transport has consolidated its sales, operations and customer support functions for its Mexican subsidiary in a new office in Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.

Delays could extend to U.S.-Canada as customs personnel are relocated to deal with immigration on the southern border.

Drivers – not brokers – facing penalties of $5,000-$10,000 for violating new e-manifest filing requirements at the border.

The core of the trade pact, which allows American companies to operate in Mexico and Canada without tariffs, remains the same.

Borderless Coverage allows brokers and freight forwarders to instantly secure Mexican cargo insurance for loads at about half the cost with the click of a button, removing barriers to international trade.