ANIERM: Low domestic participation in market opening.

MEXICO CITY, Feb 17, 2005 (El Universal/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- Filiberto Villalon Herrera, president of the Association of Mexican Importers and Exporters (ANIERM), warned that the opening of the market to greater volumes of foreign imports has stopped Mexico from increasing the added value of its exports."The dynamism of Mexican foreign trade has not affected the domestic market and domestic supply levels, which have grown at levels of less than 3% for more than 10 years," he said.Villalon Herrera said that the maquiladora industry alone exports US$87.54 billion (46% of total exports); Pitex companies (Program of Temporary Importation to Produce Articles for Exportation) account for US$51.29 billion (27%); and oil exports US$23.53 billion, which together accounted for 86% of exports in Mexico last year.Villalon Herrera said that the scenario forces Mexican producers to apply new strategies to help the boost growth in the internal market and complement export activity.

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