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Despite facing various challenges, the conditions in Baja California’s capital provide promising investment and growth prospects for the export manufacturing industry in 2025, stated Salvador Maese, president of Index Mexicali.
Maese highlighted ongoing communication with representatives from both national and foreign companies conducting feasibility studies for investment projects aimed at developing industrial zones, establishing new businesses, and expanding existing ones. He pointed out that opportunities exist in sectors such as logistics, aerospace, medical research, electromobility, semiconductors, and software development.
A key aspect, he noted, is the collaboration being fostered through the Business Coordinating Council, which aims to unite various public and private stakeholders under a common vision, transforming cost and efficiency centers into value centers.
Maese reminded that Baja California ranked third nationally in attracting foreign direct investment during the first half of 2024, according to reports from the National Register of Foreign Investments (RNIE) of the Ministry of Economy. He added that 68 percent of the foreign direct investment in the second quarter of 2024 was concentrated in five states, including Baja California.
Looking ahead, he expressed optimism that once the transition processes in both the Mexican and U.S. governments are complete, uncertainties affecting investor confidence are expected to diminish, allowing for the greater consolidation of investment projects.
Maese emphasized the vital importance of the new federal administration strengthening relationships with trade partners, particularly the United States and Canada, while continuing to focus on fundamental issues such as infrastructure modernization and enhancing legal certainty.
