Trade With Mexico

Welcome to an ever-changing and improving resource center for commercial traders in both California and Mexico. This resource is made available as the result of a meeting between Governor Davis and President Zedillo in early 1999. The California-Mexico Trade Assistance Centers (CMTAC) concept is now an initiative supported by 17 California CITDs (Centers for International Trade Development) located on community colleges around the state www.cmtac.org  Most services are at no cost.

This Web Page is available to any company in Mexico or California as a guide to help develop an international trade function within their organization. Knowing just how difficult change can be, the material focuses on how to bring about a successful transformation from a domestic company to an international player.

The year 2002/3 offers California job shops the greatest opportunity since the gold rush. Think of high-volume, low-cost mass production in California with state-of-the-art machines and tools. Then second operations (labor intensive) in a shop in Mexico for just in time delivery to your customer across the street in Tijuana, Ensenada, Tecate or Mexicali. For ideas on Innovative Manufacturing go to Wayne Lundberg's material.

This site provides you with lists of actions that must take place in order to import or export. It is a no-nonsense, non-political, non-bureaucratic "how-to" manual for change.

An on-line course in project management is available for your champions of change who will be implementing your entry into international trade. On-line coaching is available via Email by clicking Waynelund@worldnet.att.net

Please take a moment to browse some of the resources we have put at your disposal.  Your first visit should be to : http://www.planeta.com where you will find incredible treasures, then to:
http://www.mexconnect.com who have years of experience in gathering pertinent information about Mexico, and to start making a list of potential vendors and or clients go to the Mexico equivalent of our Department of Commerce where you will find an impressive database and people willing to help: http://www.mexico-trade.com   

• Links to valuable information on International Trade and resources
• Para empresas en Mexico - tambien individuos - exporte/importe 
• Curso intensivo en como arrancar su propio negocio con enfasis en comercio internacional
• Material for a decision-making brainstorming session
• Proposal to prospective CITD client regarding setting up operations in Mexico.
• Brief on the Two-Day Project Management course
• Maquiladora 2001 - A rapidly vanishing major opportunity for California manufacturers and job shops.
• Buy directly from the artist, grocer or supplier in Mexico
• Let an American Veteran help you through the maze
• How to do business in Mexico I - And Have fun Doing it
• How to do business in Mexico II - Maquiladora Case Study
• How to do Business in Mexico III - Business Opportunities in Mexico
• How to do Business in Mexico IV - Incredible Margins
• How to Do Business in Mexico V - California Manufacturers Great Opportunity
• How to do Business in Mexico VI - San Diego Union Tribune story on the Gigante project, a most interesting success story of huge Mexican company, a California college, the SBD-ITC and Customized Training.
• Mexico as player in your Supply Chain
• Mexico as player in your Export Marketing
• Project Management Course to implement International Trade
• Message to Garcia, an example of a true 'go-getter'
• Como Dominar el Cambio con el uso de Manejo de Proyectos
• International Trade Terms
• The best Sales and Markeging tools you will ever learn
• How to Implement a Success Spiral in Your Own Company 

Mexico Trade Center in Mexico City

See Mexico by camera: Mexico Photo Page

Rember that part of the profitability from doing business in Mexico is their unique food and culture. http://mexico.udg.mx/cocina/ingles/home.html

Click Wayne Lundberg, CMfgE to find out more than you want about the author and webmaster of this site.