News / Customs clearance the main bottleneck at Mexican ports as traffic builds

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Rising traffic has strained capacity at Mexico’s seafreight gateways and stretched waiting times for importers, with customs clearance one of the main bottlenecks.

Mexico’s logistics infrastructure is struggling with the growth in international cargo flows. Industry executives and interest groups have called for broad measures to facilitate traffic, above all for investment in infrastructure, from ports to roads and rail.

Not surprisingly, the nation’s main gateways for ocean traffic have emerged as major bottlenecks.

According ...