Mexico Analí Guadalupe GómezMaría Angélica Salamanca John Rozman

1. Geographical Overview

It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico

2. Historical Overview

3. General Overview

4. Strengths and weaknesses of the economy

http://www.americaeconomia.com/economia-mercados/finanzas/fortalezas-y-debilidades-de-la-economia-mexicana-en-el-contexto-de-la-inc

5. Import and Export

• Major exports:– Petroleum oils, crude (12%),– Cars (8%), – Monitors and projectors; reception apparatus for

television (6%), – Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles (5%),– Motor vehicles for transporting goods (4%).Major trade partners (exports):United States (73%),

Canada (7%), China (2%), Germany (2%), Spain (1%)

5. Import and Export

• Major imports: – Petroleum oils, refined (6%), – Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles (5%), – Parts of radios, telephones and TVs (4%),– Electronic integrated circuits (3%), Telephones

(3%)Major trade partners (imports):United States (52%), China (15%), Japan (5%), Korea, Rep. (4%), Germany (4%)

6.Financial System of the Country

• The financial system seeks for the efficient allocation of resources among savers and borrowers. A healthy financial system requires, among other things, efficient and solvent financial intermediaries, efficient and deep markets, and a legal framework that defines clearly the rights and obligations of all agents involved. In order to foster the sound development of the financial system and protect the public interest, Banco de México permanently monitors the institutions that comprise this system, promotes reforms to the current legislation, and issues regulations according to its law.

6.Financial System of the Country

• In the terms set forth in Mexico’s laws, and with the intervention of the relevant authorities, the central bank shall regulate the exchange rate, as well as all financial intermediation and services, with the necessary authority to undertake such regulation and guarantee its observance.

7. Credit Policy

8.Payment Policy

(Payment terms, late paments, payment risk, causes of late payment, bankruptcy and payment methods)

9.Debt Collection Companies

http://www2.inecc.gob.mx/publicaciones/download/catalogo_bancos_autorizados_dpas.pdf

10. Reminding mechanism / Operating software for cash and

credit management

http://www.softwaredecreditos.mx/s

oftware-de-creditos.aspx

11.Legal Framework

12. Importance of cash and credit manager

13. Global Crisis