A trade programme established in 1965 and expanded in 1989 to allow duty-free imports into Mexico for transformation into Mexican...

Mexico 1960s Also known as "in-bond" plants or "twin" plants, maquiladoras are assembly plants in Mexico. Most of the maquiladoras are found along the border with the United States, although they are established throughout...

A maquiladora or maquila is a factory that imports materials and equipment on a duty-free and tariff-free basis for assembly or manufacturing and then re-exports the assembled product, usually back to the originating country. "Maquiladora" is primarily...

[Appearing below is an English-language summary of "Recesion en Maquila: Ingresos Estancados y Menor Ocupacion," published in the 10/22/91 issue of El Financiero. The Spanish original appears in this issue of SourceMex (11/06/91).] By Elvia Gutierrez During the first eight months...

Design and rollout of NAFTA changes leave many foreign operators fuming. ON JAN. 1, 2001, THE $63.5 billion maquiladora industry that transformed Mexico into a global manufacturing power underwent one of the biggest changes in its three-and-a-half-decade history. Under Article 303...

Employees at Mexico's largest copper mine are exposed to dangerous levels of mineral dust and acid mist, according to a report released Monday by the union whose strike has idled the mine since July.Representatives of Mexico's National Mining and Metal Workers Union say they are...

Stepped-up inspections at the Canadian and Mexican borders have led to lines nearly as long as they were after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.The longer lines of people driving into the United States from Mexico or Canada, some returning U.S. citizens, have appeared over the...