In light of the violence occurring
along the U.S.-Mexico border region, specifically in Mexico, Agua
Prieta Sonora, Mexico, sister city to Douglas, Arizona has
remained one of the safest cities in Mexico to do business.
Agua Prieta, Mexico, unlike other
Mexican border cities has yet to be included in any of the U.S.
State Department Travel Alerts and/or the Overseas
Security Advisory Council which provides regular and
timely interchange of information between the Private Sector and the
State Department concerning developments in overseas security
environment.
For more than three decades Agua Prieta
has been an inviting site for investment. Located in southeast
Arizona and northeast Sonora, major corporations like Takata,
Newell Rubbermaid, Velcro,
Monona Wire Corporation and 10
other major U.S. corporations have chosen the region for its
available and reliable workforce, education system, market access,
buyer/supplier network, minimal commercial border wait times and
border security/safety.
Most recently Alstyle
Apparel, one of the largest manufacturers of blank
t-shirts, made a total capital investment of $40 million that
included the construction of a 700,000 square foot manufacturing
plant. The significant investment of Alstyle Apparel, one of the
largest to date in the State of Sonora, is testimony of the Agua
Prieta’s competitive advantage in comparison to Nogales and other
border regions.
The Douglas International Port
Authority (DIPA) is a public/private non-profit regional organization
representative of all public and private port stakeholders in the
Douglas region and the leading agency promoting trade and commerce,
and those activities related to the development of trade and
commerce, including the expansion and improvement of all forms of
transportation into and out of the International Land Ports of Entry
in Southeast Arizona.
