The Maquiladora Service

   Since 1988 CIEMEX-WEFA offers the most comprehensive analysis of the maquiladora industry
   available anywhere. Our analysis and forecasts are an essential planning tool for firms participating
   in this growing and evolving industry.

   Four times a year, subscribers receive our publication, Maquiladora Industry Analysis, with
   six-year outlooks-----plus historical data-for each of 10 production sectors:

• Food
• Textiles and apparel
• Footwear and leather goods
• Furniture and wood/metal products
• Transportation equipment
• Machinery and tools
• Electrical and electronic products
• Toys and sporting goods
• Services
• Other manufacturing

   Subscribers also receive, on a quarterly basis; monthly data and short-term projections of the
   industry’s main indicators which include:

• Employment
• Wage rates
• Production
• Value added
• Raw materials processed
• Plants

   For our maquiladora forecasts, we use a 667-equation model that includes exogenous variables of
   the United States and Mexican economics. This model is also frequently enhanced and updated.
   Our maquiladora forecasts cover not only the industry’s indicators at the sectoral level, but also
   include indicators by state location. Our wage rate projections are by type of worker, by production
   sector, by region, and even by city.

   All our projections are refined through discussions with our network of maquiladora industry clients.
   Through this network and our expertise in modeling and economic analysis, we have become the
   most reliable international source of information on the industry.

   As a subscriber to the Maquiladora Service, you will receive all the information you need for planning
   your company’s interest in Mexico’s production-sharing program. We offer:

• Participation in subscribers’ meetings held three times per year, in different border cities of Mexico and the U.S.A (conducted in English)
• Ongoing forecasts
• Monthly indicators and analysis
• Access to phone and fax consultations 

   In the meetings, besides the maquiladora industry outlook, you also receive forecasts and analysis
   of the U.,S. And Mexican economies, whose movements determine the maquiladora sector’s
   prospects. And through these meetings, you gain access to our extensive network of experts and
   maquiladora industry participants.

   As optional supplements to our regular subscription services, CIMEX also offers:

• Access to our data banks
• Client conferences and in-house briefing sessions
• Unlimited access to phone and fax consultation