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Mexico, BBVA and Nafin Launch 120 Billion-Peso Push to Revive Textile and Footwear Sectors

The initiative widens credit access through bancarization to help micro firms modernize.

Overview

  • The Economy Ministry and BBVA formalized a financing program under Plan México, mobilizing up to 120,000 million pesos with Nafin to support textile and footwear producers.
  • Credits will carry a fixed 14.5% rate with zero opening commissions, while Nafin will cover up to 70% of credit risk through guarantees.
  • Officials aim to deliver new financing to about 50,000 companies in 12–18 months and to recover roughly 50,000 jobs in sectors that recently lost more than 100,000 positions.
  • The plan centers on three pillars: bancarization and digitalization, preferential financing, and specialized financial education, with tools such as factoring and confirming and support from IPADE.
  • Trade enforcement remains in force, including 2024 tariffs and 2025 anti-dumping quotas on China-origin footwear, with authorities reporting about 14,000 million pesos recovered and a proposal to raise certain tariffs still pending in Congress.