This presentation tries to see how good or bad is Mexico as an investment destination on the basis of Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal (PESTLE) factors
Risk Analysis of Mexico as an Investment destination
1. MEXICO
ABHIMANU SINGH | JAYASURYAA H. | RHYTHM MALHOTRA |
ROHAN BHARAJ | SRIRAM S. AYYAR | UCHIT ARORA
2. POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS
• Ranks 103 out of 175 countries in Corruption Perception Index
(CPI)
• Rule of Law and Freedom for Protest are two parameters
that are performing badly.
• Present Government is showing policy stability and political
will for growth oriented measures.
• Economic Indicators validates the presence of a good
political system.
3. Basis of CPI:
Perceptions of corruption of those in a
position to offer assessments of public
sector corruption.
Mexico is not showing considerable
growth, while its not declining in status
either.
7. Particulars Rate Comments
Interest Rate 3% As on November 2015
Interbank Rate 3.32% As on November 2015
Deposit Rates 0.84% As on December 2014
Government debt to GDP 30.7% As on December 2014
Government Bond 10Year 6.34% As on December 2015
GDP- Nominal $1.283 trillion As on December 2014
GDP Per Capita $8626 As on December 2014
CorporateTax Rate 30% As on December 2015
Personal IncomeTax Rate 30% As on December 2014
SalesTax Rate 16% As on December 2015
Social Security Rate 9.23% As on December 2014
Foreign Exchange Reserves 170 million As on October 2015
Gold Reserves 122 tons As on July 2015
Unemployment Rate 4.55% As on October 2015
Wages 292 MXN/Day As on October 2015
MinimumWages 70.1 MXN/Day As on October 2015
RetirementAge 65 years As on December 2015
Home Ownership Rate 76.4% As on December 2010
Population 123.79 million As on December 2014
source : tradingeconomics.com
17. SOURCES
•A.M.BEST
•Transparency InternationalCorruption Perception Index
https://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results
•http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/in_detail
•Index of Economic Freedom- http://www.heritage.org/index/
•Freedom InTheWorld 2015- https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-
2015#.VjDNGX4rJdg
•World Bank Doing Business Reports- www.doingbusiness.org
•Tradingeconomics.com/mexico
• http://www.heritage.org/index/
•HumanDevelopmentIndex
•http://geert-hofstede.com/
•EIU Country Risk Ratings- http://viewswire.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=RKAllCountryVW3
18. Questions
1. Keeping the current situation in mind, do you think Hero Moto Corp should setup
factory in Mexico?
2.What are the main factors hindering the high growth in Mexico?
Notas del editor
Companies located in Mexico benefit from reduced shipping costs, as part of one of the world’s largest free-trade agreements, NAFTA.
The passage of energy sector reform will bolster sentiment towards Mexican assets and contribute to stronger real GDP growth in the coming years.
starting a business there requires 6.00 procedures, takes 6.30 days, costs 17.90% of income per capita and requires paid-in minimum capital of 0.00% of income per capita
In 2011, Mexico launched an online one stop shop for initiating business registration. In 2013, eliminated the min capital requirement for limited liability companies.
The applicant can obtain the authorization of using the company name online from the website www.tuempresa.gob.mx and the Ministry of Economy will issue the corresponding authorization., without paying any money.