Overview

• The chamber’s new diagnostic counts more than 600 warehouses and retail plazas run by Chinese merchants, many created by converting historic or residential buildings for storage.
• It identifies over 3,500 Asian-origin establishments—about 20% of businesses in the area—contributing to the displacement of traditional retailers.
• Canaco reports sales drops of up to 60% for Mexican businesses and alleges low-quality goods, nighttime trailer unloading, a surge in informal porters, and the use of indigenous groups as fronts.
• Public-safety risks cited include excessive loads in structures not designed for warehousing and fires previously recorded in some facilities.
• As a cited example of intervention, authorities shut Izazaga 89 for operating without permits and posing civil-protection risks, and Canaco calls for land-use reviews, tighter customs and fiscal oversight, and commercial-restriction zones to protect local commerce.