SA-Mexico trade on an upward trajectory

DAL Agency has
recorded an
uptick in trade
between SA and
Mexico as US companies
move manufacturing plants
closer to home.
Ron Frick managing
director of DAL, which has
served the Americas for
more than 20 years with
transhipments via Europe,
said the firm had noticed
growth in trade, albeit
from a small base, between
the two countries over the
past 18 months. DAL has
appointed Romeu Mexico
as its agents.
“Mexico is of growing
importance as a
manufacturing region
that is competitively
priced compared to some
of its Asian competitor
countries. Its close
proximity to the large USA
market has seen some
industries move to Mexico,
which is logistically
much closer to the main
markets,” Frick said.
“Mexico supports an
interesting automotive
market and some
automotive sub-suppliers
are supplying the Mexican
original
equipment
manufacturers
(OEMs).
Bi-lateral
trade between
South Africa
and Mexico
is relatively
small, but it
is growing as
US companies
start relocating
some of their
manufacture to
this region,” he
said.
“A most interesting
development in the last 18
months has been our west
bound service to Mexico
where our transit time is
competitive with larger
carriers who tranship in
the USA. This service has
proved to
be popular
with our
clients as
transit
times are
competitive
and the
service
levels
have been
of a high
standard,”
Frick said.
DAL offers
weekly
departures
to Mexico with a transit
time of roughly 44 days.
Frick said the company’s
connecting carriers from
the EU offered a wide
range of services to the
Caribbean and
weekly services
departing
to US East
Coast
destinations.
“Canada via Europe is
an all water service which
is attractive to some of
our clients as this avoids
the necessity of railing the
cargo from Newark which
is offered by other ‘direct’
carriers,” he said.
INSERT & CAPTION
On our westbound
service to Mexico
our transit time is
competitive with
larger carriers who
tranship in the USA.
– Ron Frick