AIR freight entering and exiting Mexico is about to change after the Mexican government reached an agreement with airlines to move all-cargo flights to Felipe Angeles International Airport (NLU), 30 miles from the city centre, New York's Sourcing Journal.
Carriers are expected to transition cargo operations from MEX to NLU by July.
apparel and textile companies, major exporters, will be largely be unaffected by the cargo-only ban at MEX.
Less than one per cent of textile and garment exports exit the country via Mexico City Airport, according to Jena Santoro, supply chain risk intelligence manager, Americas, for Everstream Analytics.
'The majority of textile exports from Mexico go to the US, and most of those are being transported from maquiladoras (duty free factories) in northern and northeastern states of Mexico over the border into the country,' Ms Santoro said.
In total, FedEx has reduced its headcount by about 12,000 since June 2022, when it had 550,000 employees on staff, according to CEO Raj Subramaniam.
Other top importers of Mexican textiles and garments including neighbouring Latin America markets like Guatemala, Nicaragua and Colombia, as well as Canada, are all within driving range of Mexico, mitigating much of the impact on textile importers in those countries.
'If they're in that less than one per cent bracket, even if those textiles have to be rerouted via container shipments or rail or road, it's fine, because it's not it's not going to go bad like perishables,' she said.
'They're not going to lose the cargo. As far as industries of products go, textiles and garments can be shipped pretty much by any means.'
The ban would not affect airlines that operate both passenger and cargo flights such as Lufthansa, with Ms Santoro emphasising that any cargo that typically moves in the belly of passenger planes is not being impacted by the migration.
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Carriers are expected to transition cargo operations from MEX to NLU by July.
apparel and textile companies, major exporters, will be largely be unaffected by the cargo-only ban at MEX.
Less than one per cent of textile and garment exports exit the country via Mexico City Airport, according to Jena Santoro, supply chain risk intelligence manager, Americas, for Everstream Analytics.
'The majority of textile exports from Mexico go to the US, and most of those are being transported from maquiladoras (duty free factories) in northern and northeastern states of Mexico over the border into the country,' Ms Santoro said.
In total, FedEx has reduced its headcount by about 12,000 since June 2022, when it had 550,000 employees on staff, according to CEO Raj Subramaniam.
Other top importers of Mexican textiles and garments including neighbouring Latin America markets like Guatemala, Nicaragua and Colombia, as well as Canada, are all within driving range of Mexico, mitigating much of the impact on textile importers in those countries.
'If they're in that less than one per cent bracket, even if those textiles have to be rerouted via container shipments or rail or road, it's fine, because it's not it's not going to go bad like perishables,' she said.
'They're not going to lose the cargo. As far as industries of products go, textiles and garments can be shipped pretty much by any means.'
The ban would not affect airlines that operate both passenger and cargo flights such as Lufthansa, with Ms Santoro emphasising that any cargo that typically moves in the belly of passenger planes is not being impacted by the migration.
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