Editing Economy of Mexico (section)

===Mexican trade facilitation and competitiveness===
[[File:Torre_Reforma_115,_Polanco.JPG|thumb|right|250px|[[Polanco]] has one of the most expensive streets in the Americas [[Avenida Presidente Masaryk]]. The buildings to the left of the Scotiabank tower are not in Polanco, they are in [[Lomas de Chapultepec]].]]

A 2008 research brief published by the [[World Bank]]<ref name="siteresources.worldbank.org">[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTTRADECOSTANDFACILITATION/Resources/Trade_Facilitation_Reform_Issue_Brief_Jul08.pdf?resourceurlname=Trade_Facilitation_Reform_Issue_Brief_Jul08.pdf "Trade Facilitation Reform Promises Large Gains to Trade in Mexico"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910033908/http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EXTTRADECOSTANDFACILITATION/Resources/Trade_Facilitation_Reform_Issue_Brief_Jul08.pdf?resourceurlname=Trade_Facilitation_Reform_Issue_Brief_Jul08.pdf |date=September 10, 2008 }}, [[John S. Wilson (economist)|John S. Wilson]] & Benjamin Taylor; Trade Facilitation Reform Research Brief, The World Bank. 2008.</ref> as part of its Trade Costs and Facilitation Project suggested that Mexico had the potential to substantially increase trade flows and economic growth through [[trade facilitation]] reform. The study examined the potential impacts of trade facilitation reforms in four areas: port efficiency, customs administration, information technology, and regulatory environment (including standards).

The study projected overall increments from domestic reforms to be on the order of $31.8&nbsp;billion, equivalent to 22.4 percent of total Mexican manufacturing exports for 2000–03. On the imports side, the corresponding figures are $17.1&nbsp;billion and 11.2 percent, respectively. Increases in exports, including textiles, would result primarily from improvements in port efficiency and the regulatory environment. Exports of transport equipment would be expected to increase by the greatest increment from improvements in port efficiency, whereas exports of food and machinery would largely be the result of improvements in the regulatory environment. On the imports side, Mexican improvements in port efficiency would appear to be the most important factor, although for imports of transport equipment, improvements in service sector infrastructure would also be of relative importance.<ref name="siteresources.worldbank.org"/>