According to officials, global supply chain challenges and parts shortages continue to impact Mexico’s truck production and exports.
In May, Mexican-made heavy-duty cargo truck exports declined 24% year on year to 6,021 units, while output fell 20% year on year to 7,179 units.
Both the May export and production figures are the lowest thus far in 2022 for Mexico’s truck production and export business.
“One day you’re missing a screw, the next a window, the next a tire…” “It’s not only about semiconductors anymore,” Miguel Elizalde, president of Mexico’s National Association of Bus, Truck, and Tractor Producers (ANPACT), remarked during a recent monthly press conference.
The United States is the most important market for Mexican trucks, accounting for 94.4 percent of shipments in May, followed by Canada and Colombia.
According to Anpact, truck manufacturers and components manufacturers have assembly plants and factories in Mexico including Freightliner, Kenworth, Navistar, Hino, International, DINA, MAN SE, Mercedes-Benz, Isuzu, Scania, Cummins, and Detroit Diesel.
For the month, Freightliner was Mexico’s leading truck manufacturer and exporter. In May, the company constructed 6,653 trucks, a 25% year-over-year decrease, and exported 5,776 units, a 28% year-over-year decrease.
International Trucks Inc. produced 4,957 units in May, a 3.3 percent rise year over year, and exported 4,642 units, a 9 percent increase year over year.
Kenworth produced 1,359 trucks in May, a 23% year-over-year decrease, and exported 653 trucks, a 1% year-over-year decrease.
Kansas City Southern de Mexico has pledged $120 million for new projects.
Kansas City Southern de Mexico (KCSM) is marking its 25th year in Mexico by investing more than $120 million in new railway infrastructure projects.
“KCSM’s short and medium-term goal is to continue strengthening its rail network to offer better opportunities for international and cross-border trade, with an extension of connectivity to ports and interior terminals, especially now with the integration into the Canadian Pacific network,” said Oscar del Cueto, president of KCSM, in a release.
KCSM did not identify which projects it would invest in this year.
In 2021, KCSM upgraded its facilities in Matamoros, Monterrey, Nuevo Laredo, San Luis Potosi, and Veracruz, Mexico, as well as the Port of Brownsville, Texas.
Kansas City Southern, a Class I railroad situated in Kansas City, Missouri, operates KCSM.
Prologis is constructing a distribution warehouse in the Dallas area.
According to The Dallas Morning News, warehousing giant Prologis wants to develop a new warehouse and distribution area in Plano, Texas.
The project will consist of a 64-acre, eight-building warehouse complex located about 20 miles north of Dallas. When finished, the facility will include around 1 million square feet of industrial space. The project’s construction schedule was unavailable.
With over 200 warehouses and about 40 million square feet of space, Prologis is already one of the top industrial warehouse owners in the Dallas-Fort Worth industrial market.
Amazon establishes its sixth fulfillment site in Mexico.
Amazon has recently launched a new fulfillment center in Guanajuato, Mexico.
Officials stated that the goal is to increase e-commerce for small and medium-sized enterprises in the area.
Amazon’s plant is in the León Bajio Industrial Park, which also houses Michelin, Iriso Electronics, Minamida, Samtech, Atzumi and Senko, and Boix.
Amazon presently operates six fulfillment centers in Mexico, two of which are in Mexico City, as well as facilities in Tijuana, Cuautitlan, and Tepotzotlan.
