Morelia, Michoacan (MiMorelia.com).- Much has been said about the competitive and logistical advantages that the State has in the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC); However, with the transfer of more than 600 hectares of the island of La Palma to the administration of the National Port System (Asipona) of Lázaro Cárdenas, now Michoacán is also accelerating the process to become a benchmark in the relocationso much so that there are already a dozen companies that have formalized, through letters of intent, their interest in settling on the island, reported Rubén Medina González, Undersecretary for International Trade of the Secretariat at the economic development (Sedeco).

“We are creating the conditions (for the arrival of transnational companies) and for this, in the next few days, the construction of warehouses and facilities will also be announced, only for suppliers who migrate from Asia; now that there is this migration, we have to generate the infrastructure; Part of these facilities are going to be built in this industrial park in Lázaro Cárdenas, others here in Morelia and others in strategic municipalities,” said the Sedeco manager specializing in T-MEC.

In an interview with this media, Rubén Medina pointed out that there are great added values ​​that can occur in this “international commercial flow” and where “Michoacán can be hooked to become the T-MEC State and the flat -Logistic form of the Mexican Pacific”. .” .

He also explained that everything must be ready in the next 18 or 24 months, which is the migration horizon for all these companies; Furthermore, he pointed out that the T-MEC indicates that after 2024, some products that do not have the certification of the region will not be able to be marketed.

The official also said that all this configuration, coupled with the fact that the transfer of goods by rail is guaranteed -with more than a year without blockages on the railroad tracks-, led customers who had already left the State to return, and that others, international, turn their gaze to Michoacán.