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Direct Foreign Investment favors the food industry over agricultural production. Number of Foreign Companies Registered in Mexico. Source: SECOFI. Distribución del Valor IED. Direct Foreign Investment* in agriculture tends to concentrate in a small number of activities. * 1994-1998
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Direct Foreign Investment favors the food industry over agricultural production Number of Foreign Companies Registered in Mexico Source: SECOFI Distribución del Valor IED
Direct Foreign Investment* in agriculture tends to concentrate in a small number of activities * 1994-1998 Source:: SECOFI
Direct Foreign Investment in production agriculture is principally located in the northwest and central plateau Major state destinations for DFI Sinaloa 32.6%, Colima, 17.1%, Edo. de México 12.7%, D.F. 8.9%, Nuevo León 7.4%, Baja California Sur 6.1%, Baja California 4.6, Sonora 3.6% y Guanajuato 1.6%. Fuente: SECOFI
Bread, cookies, etc. $171 million, 9.6% Tabaco Industry $2,141 million, 33.8% Snacks, jams, gelatins Dairy flans, mayonnaise y coffee $113 million, 6.3% $874 million, 49.1% Total DFI Sugar and and cane industry $104 millon, 5.9% Food Industry Other Food Industry $1,778 million, 28.0% $6,337 Million Gum and confectionery $66 million, 3.7% Canning of fruits, vegetables Cereal milling and processing sea foods $318 million, 17.9% $65 million, 3.6% Beverages $2,419 million, 38.2% Other activities $67 million, 3.9%s Source: SECOFI Approximately two thirds of the Direct Foreign Investment in the food industry was in tobacco and beverages (principally beer)
Direct Foreign Investment in the food industry is located or registered principally in the Federal District and in Nuevo León Major state destinations for DFI Source: SECOFI
The United States is the principal source of Direct Foreign Investment, however, the share coming from the U.S. is more important in farming than in the food industry Farming Food Industry Million US$ Est. % Million US$ Est. % UNITED STATES 2,576.9 40.7% UNITED STATES 50.5 81.7% UNITED KINGDOM 1,752.6 27.7% VIRGIN ISLANDS 2.4 4.0% CANADA 524.2 8.3% CAIMAN ISLANDS 2.3 3.7% DUTCH ANTILLIES 418.0 6.6% ISLAND 1.4 2.2% PANAMA 345.0 5.4% URUGUAY 1.1 1.8% THE NETHERLANDS 314.5 5.0% FRANCE 0.9 1.5% BAHAMAS 128.2 2.0% CANADA 0.8 1.3% FRANCE 105.5 1.7% SPAIN 0.7 1.2% SWITZERLAND 82.5 1.3% CHILE 0.6 1.0% DENMARK 27.2 0.4% LUXEMBURG 0.5 0.8% OTHERS 62.0 1.0% OTHERS 0.5 0.8% TOTAL 6,336.5 100.0% TOTAL 61.7 100.0% Source: SECOFI