The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) accelerated the opening of the Mexican market for U.S. goods to the tune of $5.7 billion in 1996. However, without the right distributor, U.S. exporters may find their products bottlenecked on a warehouse dock or sitting overpriced and unsold on a retailer's shelf.
So far, NAFTA has cut by half the trade barriers imposed on food and agricultural products entering the Mexican marketplace from the United States. The other half will be ...