UPS Wants to Help Customers Solve U.S.-Mexico Cross-border Trade Challenges
11 Janvier 2016 - 4:00PM
- Streamlines portfolio for shipments of all sizes
- Creates new, single Power of Attorney to remove customs
barrier
- Adds delivery guarantee to less-than-truckload freight
shipments
UPS® (NYSE:UPS) strengthened its cross-border services to help
U.S. exporters capture new opportunities in Mexico, and Mexican
exporters to increase trade with the U.S. The global logistics
company aims to solve the complex problem of how to move freight
and packages more efficiently and reliably on this important trade
lane.
The U.S. is Mexico’s largest trading partner. Mexico is the
United States second-largest export market (after Canada) and its
third-largest trading partner. Every day, some $1.4 billion is
exchanged in commercial trade between the U.S. and Mexico*.
Growth in manufacturing and the middle class in Mexico,
increases in ecommerce shipments and the rise in intermodal
cross-border shipments between the U.S. and Mexico drove UPS’s
renewed focus on the trade lane. In 2014, UPS established a center
of excellence for U.S.-Mexico trade. A team of experts evaluated
and improved offerings, focusing on shippers’ needs.
“We reengineered and aligned our capabilities for more
flexibility, reliability, visibility and simplicity,” said Carlos
Cubias, vice president of the UPS center of excellence. “Shippers
now have the same service options -- express, expedited or standard
-- for all shipments regardless of size. In addition, UPS is the
only carrier with delivery guarantees for LTL and package shipments
when we are the customs broker.”
UPS has the broadest range of services between the U.S. and
Mexico, giving shippers more flexibility of choice from one
carrier.
“With UPS’s acquisition of Coyote Logistics in 2015, shippers
gained Coyote’s leading technologies for truckload services, giving
customers the ultimate in visibility and confidence,” Cubias added.
“UPS has seen nearly a 20% increase in customer requests for
U.S.-Mexico cross-border movements.”
Automotive, manufacturing, aerospace and high-tech are the
priority industries UPS serves out of Mexico. “Small and
medium-sized enterprises in Mexico have a lot of opportunity to
grow through exports and UPS has solutions to help them,” said
Agustín Picado, UPS’s country manager for Mexico.
U.S.-to-Mexico trade includes the same industries. Growth of the
Mexican middle class means in the future more volume will go from
the U.S. to Mexico from the healthcare and retail industries.
“The U.S.-Mexico trade lane is vibrant so UPS is investing ahead
of market shifts,” said Cubias. “Shippers see trade between borders
as complex, but we can help customers streamline and improve their
supply chain. And, because we offer pickup and delivery service in
every postal code across both countries, we provide true end-to-end
service.”
U.S.-Mexico Service Enhancements
As of January 2016:
- UPS Freight® LTL is renamed UPS® Standard LTL. UPS also
introduced a new delivery guarantee when UPS is the customs
broker.
- UPS Air Freight Consolidated® and UPS CrossBorder Connect® LTL
shipping services are renamed UPS Worldwide Expedited™ Ground
Freight. This new general service offering has a delivery guarantee
when UPS is the customs broker.
- UPS Air Freight Direct® is renamed UPS Worldwide Expedited™ Air
Freight and is a general service offering with a delivery guarantee
when UPS is the customs broker.
- UPS CrossBorder Connect® FTL is renamed UPS Worldwide
Expedited™ Truckload.
In addition, UPS offers
- A new, single national Power of Attorney in Mexico that today
covers 27 ports of entry so shippers have less paperwork for more
efficient customs clearance into the country.
- A cross-border portfolio with more time-in-transit options than
any other carrier.
- Truckload service between the U.S. and Mexico for a complete
offering.
UPS began operating in Mexico in 1989. Today, UPS has more than
2,000 employees in Mexico and brokerage operations in more than 20
Mexican cities. In 2014, the accuracy rate for customs entries on
small package shipments UPS moved into and out of Mexico was
99.8%.
“Our long history in cross-border movements plus the
improvements we made to our ground freight services -- such as the
addition of guarantees and truckload via Coyote Logistics -- gives
us confidence we can support shippers better than ever before,”
Cubias said.
Editor’s note: Photography and a pdf of the new line-up of
services are available at www.pressroom.ups.com.
*U.S. Department of State
About UPS
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including transporting packages and
freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying advanced
technology to more efficiently manage the world of business.
Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more than 220 countries and
territories worldwide. The company can be found on the web at
ups.com® and its corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com.
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Peggy Gardner, UPS
404-828-6051
pgardner@ups.com
Rebecca Harbin, MSL Group
404-870-6825
rebecca.harbin@mslgroup.com
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