Samuel García projects a historic investment of 10,000 million dollars this year

Monterrey, NL. Within the framework of the inauguration of Manufacturing Expothe governor of Nuevo León, Samuel García Sepúlveda, reported that this year the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) captured in 2022 could double, which amounted to 4,000 million pesos, even reaching 10,000 million dollars, maintaining the national leadership in the arrival of foreign capital.

It is worth mentioning that the highest amount of IED It dates from 2010, with 4,841.9 million dollars, of this figure the Netherlands made an investment of 3,252.9 million dollars. This year, FEMSA announced the sale of its Cervezas division from Cervecería Cuauhtémoc-Moctezuma to Heineken, the operation was valued at 7.3 billion dollars.

Likewise, in 2005 it was the second highest amount recorded by the federal Ministry of Economy, for 4,835.9 million pesos, of this figure Argentina contributed with 2,348.4 million dollars and the United States with 1,896.9 million dollars.

In September of last year KIA Mexico, announced an investment of 408 million dollars to expand its operations in the assembly plant located in Pesquería, to date it has invested 3,000 million dollars.

“Nuevo León broke a record again, we rose from 8% to 8.3% in the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP), also in exports, employment, FDI reached 4,000 million dollars, obtaining first place in the country in 2022”, Said Samuel Garcia.

“This year our projections are that since it is private capital it is not in our hands, but we can predict a very good year, foreign investment will more than double, thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Economy, the business cluster of Nuevo León and the talent of the professionals”.

“We will be receiving first-world projects from transnational companies every month and I hope soon to announce two other larger (investments) to you, we are in the final details of the agreements. If Nuevo León continues like this, there will be no one to stop us,” he said. the president, in front of other invited panelists, including the United States consul in Monterrey, Roger C. Rigaud.

He stressed that events such as Manufacturing Expo They serve to emphasize what Nuevo León is, the best state in Mexico to invest in, but also to talk about the future, green energy, automation, and new professions such as artificial intelligence. I have no doubt that 2023 will be remembered New León as the great year of foreign investment”.

The third largest investment

This Tuesday, February 7, the third largest investment during this government was announced. Unilever will invest 400 million dollars over the next three years to build a new manufacturing plant in the municipality of Salinas Victoria, where they will manufacture beauty and personal care items for regional export, generating 1,200 direct and indirect jobs.

The new factory is being designed to achieve lighthouse status, which is international recognition for factories that use state-of-the-art technology to increase productivity and efficiency, while significantly limiting their impact on the environment.

Mexico is among the 10 most important countries for Unilever in the world, it is a key center for the export of Unilever beauty and personal care products to more than 25 countries.

The second investment, he said, has to do with sending to Congress for its approval, a loan to build the new Tigres stadium, in Monterrey.

In this sense, the governor asked the Anti-Corruption Commission to defer the impeachment hearing since he will make a work trip to Phoenix, Arizona, in order to bring the NFL games to this new stadium, which will have a retractable field, as revealed by the newspaper El Horizonte.

samuel garcia He will meet with the director of the Ball Game at Endeavor IMG, a company dedicated to promoting and hosting large events in stadiums with more than 60,000 seats.

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