UPS has improved its cross-border delivery services between USA and Mexico to help US exporters grow their business in Mexico and Mexican exporters in the USA by streamlining its product portfolio for shipments of all sizes.
With the USA being Mexico’s largest trading partner and Mexico being US’ second-largest export market (after Canada) and its third-largest trading partner, some $1.4 billion are exchanged in commercial trade between the two countries, according to the US Department of State.
UPS explained that growth in manufacturing and the middle class in Mexico, increases in e-commerce shipments and the rise in intermodal cross-border shipments between the USA and Mexico contributed to its renewed focus on the trade lane. In 2014, it established a centre of excellence for US – Mexico trade. A team of experts evaluated and improved offerings, focusing on shippers’ needs.
To move freight and packages more efficiently and reliably on this important trade lane, UPS has made following changes to its product range as of January 2016:
* UPS Freight LTL has been renamed to UPS Standard LTL and UPS also introduced a new delivery guarantee when it is the customs broker.
* UPS Air Freight Consolidated and UPS CrossBorder Connect LTL shipping services have been combined under the common name 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, as a general service offering, also has a delivery guarantee when UPS is the customs broker.
* UPS CrossBorder Connect FTL has been renamed to UPS Worldwide Expedited Truckload.
In addition to these product changes, UPS has created a new, national Power of Attorney in Mexico that today covers 27 ports of entry. This way, shippers have less paperwork for more efficient customs clearance into the country.
UPS claimed it has a broader cross-border portfolio and offers more time-in-transit options than any other carrier giving shippers more flexibility of choice from one carrier while a truckload service between the USA and Mexico completes the offering.
“We reengineered and aligned our capabilities for more flexibility, reliability, visibility and simplicity,” Carlos Cubias, vice president of the UPS center of excellence, said. “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.”
“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 US – 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,” Agustín Picado, UPS country manager for Mexico, said.
US-to-Mexico trade includes the same industries, UPS added. “Growth of the Mexican middle class means in the future more volume will go from the USA to Mexico from the healthcare and retail industries.”
“The US-Mexico trade lane is vibrant so UPS is investing ahead of market shifts. 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,” Cubias concluded.
