Thread: How Poor Or How Rich Do You Think Mexico Is?

Mexico Trade, Mexico Exports, Mexico Imports | Economy Watch

Mexico exports include oil, natural gas, electricity, automobiles, computers, electronic items, and processed foods. Mexico imports products mostly from the US.

http://www.economywatch.com/world_econo ... mport.html

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

Anybody care to take a stab at what the THREE LARGEST SOURCES of income ARE for Mexico?

Remittances from Illegals here in America??

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

Remittances from Illegals here in America??

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Remittances (from the ILLEGAL UNDERGROUND ECONOMY in the United States) is Number THREE.

One more to go ...

Money from drugs??

Trade
Mexico is the United States’ second-largest export market and third-largest trading partner. Top U.S. exports to Mexico include electronic equipment, motor vehicle parts, and chemicals. Trade matters are generally settled through direct negotiations between the two countries or addressed via World Trade Organization (WTO) or North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) formal dispute settlement procedures. The most significant areas of friction involve agricultural products as well as cross-border trucking. Mexico is an active and constructive member of the World Trade Organization, the G-20, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Mexican Government and many businesses support a Free Trade Area of the Americas.

Agriculture
Only 11% of Mexico's land area is arable, of which less than 3% is irrigated. Top revenue-producing crops include corn, tomatoes, sugar cane, dry beans, and avocados. Mexico also generates significant revenue from the production of beef, poultry, pork, and dairy products. In total, agriculture accounted for 4.3% of GDP in 2009 and 3% of GDP in 2008, and agricultural employment accounted for about 15% of total employment.

Implementation of NAFTA has opened Mexico's agricultural sector to the forces of globalization and competition, and some farmers have greatly benefited from greater market access. In particular, fruit and vegetable exports from Mexico have increased dramatically in recent years, exceeding $4.7 billion to the United States alone in 2009. However, structural inefficiencies that have existed for decades continue to limit improvements in productivity and living standards for many in the agricultural sector. These inefficiencies include a prevalence of small-scale producers, a lack of infrastructure, inadequate supplies of credit, a communal land structure for many producers, and a large subsistence rural population that is not part of the formal economy. It is estimated that half of Mexico's producers are subsistence farmers and over 60% produce corn or beans, with the majority of these farmers cultivating five hectares or less, although the number of Mexican farmers is steadily decreasing as they seek greater economic opportunities from off-farm employment.

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35749.htm

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

Money from drugs??

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WE HAVE A WINNER!

Oil and trade?

Now THAT RIGHT THERE is funny, I don't care what anybody says.

ROTFLOL

"Submarines, Corn tortillas, and Chihuahua's?"

Originally Posted by HAPPY2BME

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

Money from drugs??

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WE HAVE A WINNER!

Originally Posted by OneNationUnderGod

Money from drugs??

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Anybody care to take a stab at what WE IMPORT from Mexico?

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