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The decree creates two new institutional bodies. First, an Oficina de Promoción de Inversiones (Investment Promotion Office) within the Secretaría de Economía, responsible for receiving applications, coordinating inter-agency review, and issuing authorization certificates. Second, an Investment Committee composed of the heads of six cabinet secretariats (Economía, Hacienda, SEMARNAT, SCT, Energía, Bienestar) empowered to grant authorization for large or strategically significant projects.
Authorization timeline: The committee must issue a resolution within 30 business days of receiving a complete application. Incomplete submissions trigger a 10-day cure notice; the applicant has 5 days to respond. Approved projects may commence execution immediately on receipt of the authorization certificate, with remaining sector-specific permits processed in parallel rather than sequentially.
Three eligibility tiers: 1. Projects located within a designated Polo de Desarrollo Económico para el Bienestar (Welfare Development Pole) — Mexico's designated industrial/nearshoring zones 2. Investment amount ≥ MXN 2,000 million (≈USD 100M at current rates) 3. Projects in strategic sectors aligned to Plan México priorities: semiconductor manufacturing, EV and battery supply chains, critical-minerals processing, automotive and auto-parts, medical devices, biotechnology, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing
Relationship to Plan México architecture: This decree is the procedural-acceleration arm; the January 2025 Plan México tax-incentive decree (slug: 2025-01-21-mexico-plan-mexico-nearshoring-decree) is the fiscal arm (MXN 30bn in deductions through 2030). Together they address both the cost and the administrative-friction barriers that foreign investors have cited as reasons to choose alternative nearshoring destinations (Vietnam, India, Eastern Europe) over Mexico.
from North American OEMs and Asian electronics/EV manufacturers (Foxconn Chihuahua, BYD potential Monterrey/Baja footprint, Tesla supplier cluster, Stellantis Saltillo/San Luis expansion). Removing the authorization backlog directly addresses the top investor complaint about Mexico's regulatory environment.
project inside the Welfare Development Poles, reinforcing the spatial logic of the AMLO/ Sheinbaum regional industrial-policy strategy concentrating capex in historically underinvested southern and central states.
minerals) maps directly onto US CHIPS Act and IRA reshoring priorities — Mexico's administrative reform is partly a competitive response to the perception that its regulatory friction disadvantages it versus other USMCA/FTA beneficiaries.
formal environmental-review track into the 30-day window — a potential bottleneck for extractive/processing projects. Watch for subsequent rules clarifying SEMARNAT's veto scope within the Committee.
deadline (by early June 2026)?
a legislative amendment, or is there a legal risk of injunctions on authorized projects?
new Poles be added as part of the 2026 Plan México expansion?
proposals (separate track under Secretaría de Salud)?