Notes:
(1) Percentage annual growth
(2) Annual average on 28 day Treasury Bonds (CETES)
(3) Pesos per dollar at year-end
(4) Billion US dollars Source: Estudios Económicos BANAMEX, August 2009 American Chamber Mexico, March 2009 World Trade Atlas

• Mexico has a highly diversified free market economy with a mixture of modern and outmoded industry and agriculture, dominated by the private sector.
• The Mexican government has privatized most state-owned enterprises.
• Conservative fiscal and monetary policies have driven down interest rates and brought inflation into low single-digit levels.
• These policies, coupled with sweeping political reforms and an increasingly robust democracy, have made Mexico one of the most attractive emerging markets in the world today.
• Gross Domestic Product reached US$962.1 billion in 2009, and ranks 14^th in the world.
• GDP growth was 3.4% for the past 14 years (1996-2009).
• The most important industrial sectors in Mexico are: Food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum, mining, textiles and apparel, motor vehicles,
• Mexico’s trade regime is among the most open in the world, with free trade agreements signed with 44 countries.
• Trade with the U.S. and Canada has nearly doubled since NAFTA was implemented in 1994.
• Total imports grew by 13% on average annually between 1994 and 2008 and reached an all time high of $308.6 billion dollars.
• In 2008, US exports to Mexico (or Mexico’s imports from the US) were valued at a record US$151.3 billion and decreased to $112.4 billion dollars n 2009.
• The United States is by far Mexico’s number one trading partner, while Mexico is also a leading trading partner of the U.S., second only to Canada.
• Mexican exports increased by an average of 9.2% per year during the 2000-2008 period to reach a total of US$291.8 billion.

OPPORTUNITIES

• Mexico has a liberal, pro-business environment
• Macroeconomic growth and health
• Government committed to macroeconomic stability and free trade
• Robust financial system and credit availability
• Mexico among top emerging markets as recipients of foreign investment
• NAFTA created a free trade zone for Mexico, Canada and the United States starting in 1994.
• Practically all U.S. goods enter Mexico duty free
• Market opportunities exist for a full spectrum of internationally competitive foreign goods and services
• There is a demand for the vast majority of products being marketed in the U.S. and other developed countries

GROWING SECTORS

• A large number of sectors have good growth prospects:
  • Automotive parts and supplies
  • Electronic components
  • Building products and construction equipment
  • Aircraft, parts, airport and ground support equipment
  • Plastic materials and resins
  • Food processing and packaging equipment
  • Hotel and restaurant equipment
  • Water resources equipment and services
  • Pollution control equipment
  • Security and safety equipment
  • Process controls and instrumentation
  • Medical equipment and supplies
  • Food products
  • Travel and tourism services