Mexico has a broad network of free trade agreements with many countries in the world, posing a great advantage to buyers of Mexican shoes: 0% tariff rates.

Examples:

-NAFTA-/TLC Mexico-USA-Canada: 0% tariff rate -European Union-Mexico: 0% tariff rate

Japan- Mexico: 0% tariff rate
- Colombia- Mexico: 0% tariff rate

American brands manufacturing in Mexico can benefit from the Geographical closeness, the cultural similarities and a common time zone.

Guanajuato has a Multimodal Interior Harbor from which Mexican shoes are shipped all over the world by plane, railroad or truck, with connections to the main Mexican seaports on the Pacific Ocean (Asia and Latin America) as well as on the Gulf of Mexico (Europe). The Interior Harbor is also connected to the Northern borderline (USA) and to the Southern borderline (Central America).

Guanajuato has one of the world’s leading footwear manufacturing clusters. All the necessary production supplies are concentrated within a radius of 36 Km. The footwear cluster encompasses 3,394 shoe manufacturers, 388 leather goods manufacturers, 300 suppliers (machinery, outsoles, textiles, synthetic materials, glues, fittings, etc.), 696 tanneries.

The Mexican footwear industry has qualified and specialized labor. Furthermore, most companies and in particular exporters, have implemented programs to certify their quality and services, in addition to the already existing continuous improvement, fashion and innovation programs.

In Mexico, especially in Guanajuato you can find manufacturing companies of almost every footwear style and construction.

Footwear styles:

1. Lady’s: dress shoes, casual boots, sandals, sports shoes, casual footwear, comfort shoes, safety shoes, sneakers, clinical shoes, diabetic footwear; orthopedic shoes; dance and gymnastics shoes.
2. Men’s: dress shoes, casual boots, sandals, sports shoes, casual footwear, comfort shoes, safety shoes, sneakers, clinical shoes; diabetic footwear, dance and gymnastics shoes.
3. Children’s: Baby’s shoes, school shoes, casual boots, comfort shoes, dress shoes, sports shoes, sneakers, orthopedic shoes; dance and gymnastics shoes.

Constructions:

Goodyear welt, American welt, Opanka, California, hand-stitched on the last; glued, vulcanized, Lock Stitcher, Stitcher, Moccasin, full plastic, die-cut direct injection, among others.