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Latin American Economy & Business - May 2015 (ISSN 1741-7430)

Mexico: Come fly with me

Mexico’s automotive industry boom is well known – it has lifted the country to number one in Latin America by annual vehicle production, and to number seven in the world. Coming up close behind the Mexican auto sector is another potential success story – aerospace. While there isn’t yet a commercially produced Mexican aircraft (something which may change in the next few years) a proportion of the components of most of the world’s aircraft are already ‘Made in Mexico’. Things have come a long way for the country since the days of the low-wage maquiladora assembly plants.

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