Auto industry companies have another option when it comes to determining where to locate in Mexico.

    The Port of Altamira provides manufacturers an export platform to the world — an import gateway to the NAFTA market that provides the advantage of producing or warehousing product within a foreign trade/in-bond zone. In addition to this special zone, companies can develop their own terminal operations to process cargo. In one single location, cars, trucks, road construction and earthmoving equipment, mining equipment, large industrial machinery, metal-fabricated products and other types of equipment can be manufactured, and then exported to global markets.

    “Despite the conditions of the auto industry nowadays, in Altamira we have observed that our operations regarding automobiles have been increasing in the past years,” says Eduardo Goode, Port Altamira marketing manager. “This is a consequence of the distributors’ need to reach their clients, which works in their favor due to Altamira’s strategic location, where most of the vehicles that we receive come from Brazil and Europe and go into our hinterland in the North and Center of Mexico.”

    Altamira is located in the southern part of Tamaulipas on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The area, made up of the cities of Altamira, Tampico, and Madero, has a population of more than half a million and boasts solid economic growth on a yearly basis.

    The city is close to the U.S. border and to numerous important industrial cities such as Monterrey, Saltillo, San Luis Potosí, Guadalajara, León, and Mexico City. It is also in close proximity to the important agricultural areas of the northeast and central parts of the country.

    Its location on the Gulf of Mexico makes it an excellent platform from which to export to the United States, South American and European markets as well as the perfect entrance into the country for companies looking to expand into the Mexican market.  The main destinations for the majority of export products produced within the Altamira industrial complex are the U.S., Japanese, and South American markets.

    “The port facilities in Altamira offer the best choice for reception and dispatch of automobiles, as well as auto parts,” says Goode. “Nowadays our operations are mostly import, but we also export vehicles. The rail and road links available from the port to the most important cities in México, allow efficiency in the transportation of these products to their final destinations. We are confident that automobile traffic in Altamira will continue...

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