Borderlands Mexico: Container shipments from China to Mexico skyrocketed in January

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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Container shipments from China to Mexico skyrocketed in January; construction set for border logistics park in West Texas; Nippon Steel set to build $71M plant in Mexico; and China-based auto supplier announces $178M investment in Mexico. China’s container exports to Mexico surged nearly 60% year over year (y/y) in January, according to global freight rate intelligence platform Xeneta. China-based shippers moved 117,000 twenty-foot equivalent units during the month compared to 73,000 TEUs in January 2023. “This is probably the strongest growing...