No, I am not referring to immigration.? The net flow of immigrants is negative, but capital investment is rising:
Cemex, the Mexican cement and building materials manufacturer, is now the largest producer in its segment in the US ? commanding 10.5 per cent of a highly fragmented market.
In 2010, Grupo Bimbo, the Mexican baker, announced the purchase of Sara Lee, the US baker, in a deal initially estimated at US$959m. The acquisition, which received approval from the US Department of Justice late last year on condition of some divestitures, consolidated Bimbo as America?s biggest breadmaker.
Televisa, the Mexican broadcaster, significantly deepened its exposure to the US market in 2010, investing $1.2bn in Univision, the US?s largest Spanish-language network. It took an initial 5 per cent stake and debentures convertible into an additional 30 per cent equity stake in the future.
Probably the most recognised Mexican brand in the US in the past 20 years is Corona Extra, the beer in the clear glass bottle served, in the US at least, with a wedge of lime in the neck. Corona is now the best-selling imported beer in the US ? a title it has held every year since 1997.
Even Alfa, the Mexican conglomerate with interests stretching from petrochemicals to food processing, has started to drill for natural gas ? not in Mexico, where the country?s constitution restricts private investment, but in Texas in a partnership with Pioneer Natural Resources and Reliance.
Between 2006 and 2011, the US received US$8.4bn in direct investment from Mexico, according to data from the US Department of Commerce?s Bureau of Economic Analysis. The figure is higher than that for any previous six-year period (though 2000 was the highest year on record with US$5bn).
The article gives further good economic news about Mexico, a country which is oddly understudied in the United States.
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