Exceptional highway and transportation services. Industrial parks on both sides of the river possess water, electricity, and gas at a reasonable price. Transportation costs are generally low due to market forces and route availability. Rail facilities throughout the state of Nuevo Leon. Airport facilities at Escobedo Airport, handling large volumes of both passenger and commercial traffic.

US Customs processes imports into the United States through the Laredo Customs District of South Texas. The processing facilities are excellent at the new Colombia Bridge, and the presence of many competent customs brokerages ensure efficient and timely crossings. The heavy traffic does not fail to create delays of several hours during peak operations. 24-hour crossings do alleviate a significant portion of the delays. Monterrey has many satellite offices of customs brokers from the Laredo area.

Maquila employers pay State of Nuevo Leon taxes in the amount of 3.5% of base salaries.