Mexico City.- The number of power plants in Mexico is low compared to those in the US, which could represent a problem in taking advantage of nearshoring, warned David Bonilla, a researcher at UNAM’s Institute for Economic Research.
“If we wanted to compare Texas with Coahuila or Nuevo León, we see that there are many things missing compared to the need (potential that this relocation will bring),” he commented in the webinar “Nearshoring and the new infrastructure needs”, of the UNAM and the Council Business Coordinator (CCE).
He warned that this could present a potential bottleneck given the forecast that more companies seek to locate in Mexico as part of the phenomenon of relocation of value chains.
“Nearshoring has to go hand in hand with energy availability and if there is not enough infrastructure for generating plants, it will be a bottleneck,” he said.
During his participation in the seminar, José Luis Solleiro, former general director of Linkage at UNAM, argued that Mexico has infrastructure deficiencies in the energy, water, and other sectors.
“We do not have an industrial policy to build or consolidate supply chains,” he warned.
In addition, the projects that are being promoted are not meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Additionally, he assured that in the country there are serious problems of governance and rule of law.
