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FOREWORD

General Director ICCE of Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. Méx.

his Bi-national Socioeconomic Handbook 2019 “Laredos’ Region,” incorporates
demographic, social and economic aspects of the City of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas and
the sister City of Laredo, TX. with the purpose of illustrate the potential and greatness of
Tthe this Region at a national and international level.

The document includes updated information and statistics, produced and validated by the
departments and institutions of public and private sectors seeking homogeneity, interest,
knowledge and easy comprehension of the available data that show the virtues, strengths and
importance of “Los Dos Laredos”

This reference tool for businessmen, investors, entrepreneurs, scholars, researchers, students
and society in general, without a doubt, allow us to have a bigger vision to plan, make wisest
decisions and actions that contribute to increase our Competitiveness rate.

The cooperation and coordination with several institutions, which in a co-responsible and regular manner provide the statistics
that they generate to this Institute for Competitiveness and Foreign Trade, made possible to have the information needed for
the elaboration of this product; therefore, the ICCE acknowledges the Municipal President of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas C.P.
Enrique Rivas Cuellar for the commitment to promote the competitiveness of the region, especially to the Government of
Laredo, Texas under the leadership of the Mayor Pete Saenz and our friends of the productive agencies of both cities, for their
work and trust, as well as the users in general for their suggestions and comments that contribute to continuous improvement.

Competitiveness, is considered as the most solid strategy to face new challenges and demands that the globalization of the
market imposes in every sector, particularly in International Trade.
In this important transformation that Nuevo Laredo is living, teamwork among businessmen, scholars and municipal
government have done that the socioeconomic indicators have had a historic recovery, as well as the transparency in the
management of public finances among other actions that encourage trust and investment, as indicated by the Mexican
Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO) and the international rating company Fitch Ratings. In this “Laredos’ Region” community
and government are committed and take permanent actions to improve our development.

For this institute, the dissemination of the Bi-national Socioeconomic Handbook is of fundamental importance, in order to
reach a bigger number of users, this product is also offered in a digital version in the ICCE Web Site (www.iccedenuevolaredo.
org), in English and Spanish, where you can consult the available information, which will be continuously updated.

We reiterate that in the Institute for the Competitiveness and Foreign Trade of Nuevo Laredo We are at your service!

Jorge A. Viñals
GENERAL DIRECTOR ICCE OF
NUEVO LAREDO
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