That the Government of Mexico City seeks to take advantage of nearshoring by attracting corporations opens an opportunity for the construction sector, said the president of the Mexican Chamber of Construction (CMIC) of the capital, Marcela Heredia Izquierdo.

The private sector will seek to generate new complexes for corporations related to supply chains, as well as to adapt the current buildings that the city has, which have not been modified for post-pandemic times.

He stated that within this strategy as a local CMIC, in addition to seeking hand in hand with local authorities, they will also approach different commercial representations related to nearshoring.

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“We are going to be working on a new line of action within the chamber that will be to approach the different commercial representations that are here in the city to detect the areas of opportunity that companies affiliated with the Mexican emissions can take advantage of. . We already have the first approaches to try to take advantage of this moment”, he stressed.

In addition to nearshoring, according to the local CMIC, for the construction sector in the city to recover, the private sector needs to participate more in mobility and connectivity projects.

“We also seek to collaborate more with the Reconstruction Commission, we have been in constant coordination. We also seek to represent the interests of the members of this chamber”, pointed out the construction business leader.

Only for the city it is necessary that the investment in work can be equivalent to 2.5% of the national GDP, currently around 0.2%, according to CMIC.

It should be remembered that the head of the Secretariat for Economic Development, Fadlala Akabani, announced that the current plan for nearshoring focuses on generating tax incentives in 2023 so that companies from Asia and the Caribbean settle in Vallejo. that seek to serve the US market, since the American Union has the highest per capita consumption in the world.

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This point is accompanied by a package of actions to facilitate administrative processes for companies, particularly permits.

The second axis is to promote the establishment of corporations related to nearshoring in the country's capital, even if the industrial operations are located in another entity; The point is that the tax domicile is in the city.

In addition, as part of the current plan to trigger nearshoring, work is being done with the State of Mexico, which seeks to offer the two entities at a regional level.

“We with the corporate ones and they with manufacturing, it is the perfect duo. Here we are highlighting that we not only have the Vallejo industrial zone, but also the State of Mexico with its industrial zones, with its communication routes for the transport of merchandise, that we have the Felipe Ángeles airport,” the official reiterated.

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