Guadalajara, Jal. Despite the fact that in 2019 Jalisco installed a Regulatory Improvement Council and a state strategy on the matter “to consolidate the state as one of the most attractive economic ecosystems in Mexico”, the red tape and the lack of approval in the municipal proceduresis considered by the business sector as one of the main obstacles when trying to open a business.
According to the latest issue of Data Coparmex, corresponding to the last four-month period of 2022, almost six out of ten businessmen (59.7%) stated that they had encountered complications when carrying out a procedure. This figure represents a growth of 9.7% compared to the same period in 2021.
According to the report, the companies that seek to expand their facilities in different municipalities of the entity, face the difficulty of “the high demand in regulatory issues and the lack of homologation of inter-municipal procedures.”
Despite the fact that the Data Coparmex report shows optimism of the local business community to invest with 63% of those surveyed considering that this 2023 is a good time to do so, due to factors such as the nearshoring and the business environment, in almost the same percentage, businessmen highlighted the red tape as an obstacle to investment.
This Wednesday during the presentation of the results of the survey What have you done mayor?, prepared by coparmex and the Jalisco Citizen Observatory How We Are Goingthe only municipe who made reference to the issue of Regulatory Improvement was the mayor of Tonalá, Sergio Chávez.
He acknowledged that “we have not advanced as we would like, we are about to launch a digital program in two weeks to be at least at the same level as San Pedro Tlaquepaque.”
Unsafety
According to Data Coparmex, insecurity is another factor of concern for the local private sector, since 49.3% of the companies stated that they had been the victim of some crime, a situation that forced them to invest in security measures such as alarms and security cameras. video surveillance, and to secure the merchandise that is moved by road.
According to the report by the employers’ organization, the theft of merchandise in transit and the theft of vehicles owned by companies are the main crimes reported by the sector, with 23 and 16%, respectively.
