Editing Veracruz (section)

===Industry, transportation and commerce===
[[File:PortVeracruz55.JPG|thumb|A portion of the port of Veracruz]]

[[Laguna Verde Nuclear Power Plant]] (LVNPP) in Alto Lucero, Veracruz, produces about 4.5% of Mexico's electrical energy.
21% to 33% of Veracruz's [[gross domestic product]] (GDP) is derrived from manufacturing, with the chemical and petrochemical sectors contributing about 64% of the manufacturing GDP.<ref name="schmal"/> Other products produced include metals, processed foods, beverages, printing and publishing, textiles and machinery.<ref name="schmal"/> Most of the state's industry takes place in the municipalities of [[Coatzacoalcos]], Minatitlán, Cosoleacaque, Poza Rica, Córdoba, Orizaba, Tuxpan and Veracruz, with over 5,000 establishments. The rest is divided among nearly 11,000 smaller establishments. There are five major industrial parks: Bruno Pagliai, Ixtac, Petroquimico Morelos, Córdoba-Amatlán and Parque 2000. The largest of these is Bruno Pagliai, which covers {{convert|300.8|ha}}.

Transportation and commerce are important factors in the state, mostly linked to importing and exporting through its four deepwater ports. The focus of most of these activities is the port of Veracruz, whose location on the Gulf coast of Mexico makes it a key export hub. It handles 75% of Mexico's port activity, with exports from Veracruz traveling to Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Its primary exports include coffee, fertilizer, fish and crustaceans, and fresh fruits.<ref name="schmal"/> Other ports include those in Tuxpan and Coatzacoalcos. Most highway, rail and air connections link to the port of Veracruz and other ports to the south.<ref name="brittanica"/> The state has 73 companies that have been classified as high-volume exporters and it is ranked sixth in the country for exports. The state contains five major food wholesale markets, 146 government sponsored markets, about 75,000 private stores and 201 supermarkets. Wholesale vendors focus on agricultural products such as wood, livestock and food products. The major focal point for international business is the World Trade Center EXPOVER in Boca del Río. Inaugurated in 1989, the center has facilities to accommodate 5,000 people in {{convert|7,000|m2}}, an exhibition hall of {{convert|12,000|m2}}, a business center and parking for over 800 vehicles.

In the industrial sector, relatively poor municipios are not catching up to relatively rich ones though the latter are not diverging either. A policy of encouraging much more domestic and/or foreign investment is called
for if poorer areas are to prosper and the outflow of residents is to stop.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Brock, Gregory |title="The Long Run Industrial Growth of Veracruz State, 1955-2008 |journal=Journal of Economic Studies |volume=41 |issue=6 |date=2014 |pages=821–832 |url=http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jes/41/6 |doi=10.1108/JES-02-2013-0020 |s2cid=154695456 |access-date=November 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018194047/https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0144-3585/vol/41/iss/6 |url-status=live }}</ref>