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CARIBBEAN-CENTRAL AMERICA PROFILE 2018
MINISTRIES Ministry of the Interior four-lane paved roads. The 26,622 kilometers
Attorney General Abraham González No.48 (16,268 mi.) of government-owned railroads in
Av Paseo de la Reforma # 211-213 Col. Juárez, Del. Cuauhtémoc Mexico have been privatized through the sale of
Col. Cuauhtémoc C. P. 06600, México, D. F. 50-year operating concessions.
Mexico DFCP 06500 Tel: 55 57287400 SEA
Tel 52 55 346 0000 Ministry of Labour & Social Welfare Mexico’s port system consists of 34 fishing
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Periferico Sur, Núm. 4271, Edificio ports, oil facilities, marinas and 97 ports with 22
Development, Fisheries and Food A, Nivel 9 Col. Fuentes el Pedregal, major ports of commercial importance, including
Ave. Insurgentes Sur, Núm. 476, Tlalpan Mexico City, Mexico 1419 Acapulco, Altamira, Lázaro, Cárdenas, Cozumel,
5to Piso, Mexico City, Tel: 52 55 5645-5591 Ensenada, Guaymas, Madero, Manzanillo,
Mexico 06760 Fax: 52 55 5645-2345 Progreso, Puerto Vallarta, Tampico, Tuxpan, and
Veracruz. The administration of each seaport was
Tel: 52 55 5584 0096 Ministry of National Defence awarded by concession to an administrator, who
Fax: 52 55 5584 0652 Avila Camacho y Av. Industria operates port terminals and facilities, providing
Ministry of Communications and Transport Militar, 2do. Piso, related port services. Foreign investors may hold
Av. Universidad, Xola Cuerpo Col. Lomas de Sotelo, up to 49% equity in a port administrator and up
“C” – piso 2, Col. Navarte, Mexico City, Mexico 11640 to 100% equity in ventures providing some port
Del Benito Juarez, Mexico City, Tel: 52 55 5557-4500 services. Concessions last for up to 50 years.
Mexico 03028 Fax: 52 55 5395-6766 AIR
Tel: 52 55 5519-7456 Ministry of Public Education A number of international airlines serve
Fax: 52 55 5519-0692 Mariano Escobedo 438 Mexico, with direct or connecting flights from
Ministry of the Economy Col. Nueva Anzures, most major cities in the United States, Canada,
Av. Alfonso Reyes 30, 2do. Piso, Mexico City, Mexico 11590 Europe, Japan, and Latin America. Most
Tel: 52 55 5328 1000
Col. Hipodromo Condesa, Fax: 52 55 5521-8293 Mexican regional capitals and resorts have
Mexico City, Mexico 06170 direct air services to Mexico City or the United
Tel: 52 55 5229 6100 Ministry of Tourism States. Airports are semi-privatized with the
government still the majority shareholder, but
Fax:52 55 5729 9314 Av. Presidente Masarik No. 172, with each regional airport group maintaining
Ministry of Energy Col. Chapultepec Morales, operational autonomy. Mexico has 57
Mexico City, Mexico 11587
Insurgentes Sur 890 Col. Del Valle, Tel: 52 55 5250 8206 international airports and 28 domestic terminals.
Mexico City, Mexico 03100 Fax: 52 55 5254 0014
Tel: 52 55 5000 6000 TELECOMMUNICATION
Mexico has about 72 million wireless subscribers
Ministry of Environment and Natural EDUCATION and over 20 million fixed lines. It is expected
Mexico has made great strides in improving
Resources access to education and literacy rates over the that mobile lines will reach their maximum at
Lateral del Anillo Periferico Sur, past few decades. The General Law of Education 85 million subscribers, and fixed lines will tend
Num 4209 Fraccionamiento Jardines states that preschool education is a part of basic to grow marginally thereafter. New technologies
en la Montana Delegacion Tlalpan, education, and therefore it is provided free of such as WiMAX and VoIP are increasing their
Mexico City, Mexico charge. Primary school has been compulsory presence in the market. The market is also
Tel: 52 55 5628-0602 since the constitution of 1917. The secondary witnessing a rapid increase in the number of
Fax: 52 55 5628-0644 level consists of two cycles - lower-secondary triple play packages becoming available.
education and upper secondary education.
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit CONTACTS
Palacio Nacional, Primer Patio The system of higher education has expanded American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico
Mariano Tercer piso. Oficina 3045 tremendously in the past quarter century. Lucerna 78, Col. Juárez,
Col Centro, Deleg. Cuauhtemoc, Universities are found only in the largest cities. 06600 México, D.F.
Mexico City, Mexico 06060 Moreover, of the more than 50 universities in Tel: 52-55 5141-3800
the country, one-fifth is located in Mexico
Tel: 52 55 5228-4600 City, and a high proportion of all university Fax: 52-55 5703-2911
E-mail: amchammx@amcham.com.mx
Ministry of Foreign Affairs students study there. The National Autonomous World Trade Center
Square Juárez # 20, Col. Centro University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Mexico City
Del. Cuauhtémoc. Autónoma de México; UNAM), the College Filadelfia A/N
CP Federal District. 06010 of Mexico, and the Monterrey Institute of Col Nápoles 03810 Mexico D.F.
Technology and Higher Education are among
Mexico City the most prestigious institutions of higher Tel: 52-555-488-2587
Tel: 55 3686-5100 education in the country. Fax: 52-555-488-2519
Ministry of Health INFRASTRUCTURE E-mail: info@exposwtc.com
Lieja Núm. 7, TRANSPORTATION IN THE U.S.
Colonia Juarez Cuauhtemoc, LAND Embassy of Mexico
1o Piso, Mexico City, Mexico’s land transportation network is one 1911 Pennsylvania AV, NW,
Mexico 06600 of the most extensive in Central America with Washington D.C. 20006
Tel: 52 55 5553 6967 357,000 kilometers (km.) of paved roads, Tel: (202) 728-1600
Fax: 52 55 5553 7670 including more than 11,000 kilometers of Fax: (202) 723-1698
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