What is nearshoring?
Nearshoring consists of moving factories from the country of origin to a nearby country where everything is cheaper: workers' wages, electricity and fuel, inputs... and even taxes.
This definition suggests that Mexico is the ideal destination for nearshoring, an industrial model that promises to change the course of the economy because it generates jobs, foreign investment, infrastructure and development.
Insecurity on highways
The theft of cargo transportation on highways implies human and economic losses and commercial opportunities for the logistics sector; it is even a problem that could inhibit the trend of investment relocation, said Luis Masse Torres, vice-president of the Mexican Institute of Foreign Trade Executives (Imece).
These incidents, he said, will be reflected in the risk analysis of the companies that are considering arriving in the country.
The areas of greatest risk for cargo transportation, he listed, are roads connecting Mexico - Nuevo Laredo, Mexico-Veracruz, Mexico-Guadalajara, to the ports of Manzanillo and Lázaro Cárdenas.
During the first two months of the year, five states accounted for 90.4% of the 1,381 robberies of truckers that have been registered in the country, according to the reports of common crime incidence of the Executive Secretariat of the National Public Security System (SESNSP).
Incidence of crime
The State of Mexico, Puebla, Michoacán, San Luis Potosí and Morelos accounted for 1,249 thefts from truckers in the January-February period, representing 90.4% of the total. State of Mexico accounted for 46.6%, Puebla 29.9%, Michoacán 6.2%, San Luis Potosí 4.5% and Morelos 3.3 percent. Nine states recorded no incidence.
In 2023, 9,179 thefts from truckers were reported in the country, reflecting a growth of 3.9% with respect to 2022; during the past year, the monthly average was 764.9 thefts.
