Truck and Tractor Truck Producers (ANPACT)

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

This week in Borderlands: Mexico remains top US trade partner in August, Laredo No. 1 gateway; Eden Green begins $40M vertical farming expansion near Dallas; Production, exports of Mexican-built trucks fall for second straight month; and Port of Brownsville receives $11.5M to overhaul cargo dock.

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Slync.io launches integrated strategy for ocean containers; chip shortage continues to impact Mexico’s commercial truck industry; automotive parts supplier invests $102M in Mexico expansion; and Aeronet Worldwide opens operations in San Antonio.

Mexico manufactured 104,214 buses, heavy-duty and tractor-trailer trucks in the first half of 2019 (January-June), up 36.50 percent compared to the same period last year. The data was released August 21 by Mexico’s National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Truck Producers (ANPACT). Miguel Elizalde, the president of ANPACT, said the increased demand for heavy-duty […]