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Bi-National Socioeconomic Handbook 2018 “Laredos Region“

In the last two decades, the Laredo Customs District trade increased 354%, reaching $283 Billion by 2016,
and growing more than twice as fast as the United States overall. No other district dominates trade with
one nation like Laredo does with our southern neighbor, Mexico. The Laredo region offers expertise
and efficiency in the movement of trade across our 3 north American nations and is one of the most
significant ports by dollar value in the global market. Add a growing economy, a vibrant community
with a median age of 27, and nine months of sunny, beautiful weather…will make you glad you stayed!

Olivia Varela
Executive Director
Laredo Economic Development Corporation

For the second consecutive year the Office of Global Initiatives of Texas A&M International University congratulates
the Municipal Government of Nuevo Laredo for its Binational Handbook 2018 and the excellent work that they
do. We believe that this document is a reference tool highly important that will help foreigners and investors that
would like to know and understand the “Laredos’ Region” and its community. The Handbook is also an excellent
source of information for its citizens, with which they can promote all the benefits of the Region.

María Eugenia Calderón-Porter
Associate VP for Global Initiatives
Texas A&M International University

The Binational Socioeconomic Handbook shows the greatness of Nuevo Laredo and the Region as the most
important border trading port of Latin America, being a key element for the competitive development in Mexico
and the world.

This tool, through its informative and statistical content shows a general vision of the social, cultural, academic
and business landscape that informs the competitive advantages that our city has to offer to the entrepreneurs,
investors, researchers and young students.

Likewise, this document will be very helpful in developing research projects done in the academic sector, which
help the professional strengthening in the young university students, who represent the determinant factor in
the socioeconomic progress of our city.

Lic. Alfonso Aramis Salas Pérez
Chancellor of the Universidad Tecnologica de Nuevo Laredo
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