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MEXICO IS STRENGTH MEXICO LEADS THE WORLD

• 11th largest economy in the world (measured by
purchasing power parity)
• Stable investment grade for over a decade
• Low single digit inflation for over a decade
MEXICO IS YOUNG AND TALENTED
• Half of the population is 26 years old or less
• Workforce will grow from 47 million to more than 60
million in 2030
• 115 thousand engineers graduate every year (more
than Canada, UK, Germany or Brazil)
• Largest flat screen TV exporter worldwide
• Largest refrigerator exporter in the world
• Largest silver producer and exporter worldwide
• Fourth IT services provider in the world
• Fifth vehicle exporter worldwide
• 80% of exports are manufactured goods
MEXICO IS COMPETITIVE
• 80% of exports are manufactured goods
• Skilled human capital
• Robust supply chains

MEXICO IS ADVANCED ENGINEERING

• Recognized expertise in advanced manufacturing
• More than 200 research and development centers

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MARKET
Churchill
Peace River

NF
Fort McMurray
Lynn Lake

Mc. Lennan Bird

Smith

Busby

Edmonton

AB
Red Pass Jct.
BC SK

POTENTIAL
Lloydminster
The Pas

Ashcroft
Saskatoon
MB

PQ
Vancouver Regina
Calgary Moose Jaw Chapais
ON
Dolbeau
Matagami Grevet

Chambord
Everett
Fort Macleod
Eastport
Seattle Longlac

WA
Tacoma Noranda

Sand Point
Sweet Grass
Winnipeg Oba NB
Quebec
Havre
Shelby Emerson Fredericton Halifax
Spokane Portal St. John
Vancouver Fort Frances
Pasco Snow Den Williston
Portland Wishram Missoula Thunder Bay

O.T. Junction Hinkle

MT Newtown
ME
Eugene
ND Duluth
Sudbury Montreal

Butte Fargo
Superior
Ottawa
OR
Bend

Billings

MN VT
NH

• Founded in 1887
Aberdeen

Klamath Falls
ID Gillette
Minneapolis St. Paul
Toronto

NY MA
Boston
SD WI Albany

Pocatello WY MI Port Huron

London
Buffalo
CT RI

• More than 6,100 track miles

Milwaukee
Detroit

Allentown/
Ogden Bethlehem

IA
Croxton New York

PA
Sioux City
Granger Cleveland Harrisburg
Chicago Toledo

NE
Elkhart Rutherford
Salt Lake City Reading
NV
Cheyenne Bellevue
Reno

NJ
Sacramento Willard Philadelphia

• Seamless cross border network

Omaha Des Moines Fort Wayne Marion
Council Bluffs Burlington

OH
Oakland Pittsburgh Greencastle
Stockton Baltimore
IN MD
San Francisco Cumberland

IL
Denver Columbus

UT DE
Lincoln Washington
Springfield
Jacksonville Indianapolis
Grand Junction Decatur
Roodhouse
CA
Cincinnati

CO
St. Joseph Louisiana
Clark
WV
Atchison
VA
Marshall

• Service to 12 Gulf ports and 1 Pacific

St. Elmo
Topeka
Mexico
St. Louis
KS MO
Pueblo Kansas City Salem Princeton Georgetown
West Point
East St. Louis Richmond
Amsterdam Louisville Burkeville
Danville Roanoke Lynchburg Norfolk

KY

Ocean port
Trinidad Wichita Ft. Scott
Las Vegas Weldon
Pittsburg Greensboro
Springfield Raleigh

NC
Joplin
Neosho Fulton
Barstow
Hamlet
Nashville
Charlotte
TN
Los Angeles Cadiz Williams Knoxville
Delhart Tulsa Humboldt/Milan Morehead City

AZ
Colton Albuquerque
Spartanburg

NM OK

• Service to more than 140 transload

Counce Chattanooga
SC
Oklahoma City Fort Smith
Amarillo Sallisaw Memphis

AR
Spiro Wilmington
Sheffield
San Diego Belen Clovis Heavener Waldron Corinth
Niland Phoenix Little Rock New Albany Yellow Creek Columbia
Tijuana Tupelo
Yuma Atlanta Augusta
Mexicali De Queen Pine Bluff Aberdeen

centers and 11 intermodal ramps

Nashville Columbus
Picacho
MS
Wellington Brookwood
Ashdown Hope
Lubbock Denison Macon
Artesia Birmingham Charleston
B.C.
GA
Sulphur Springs Texarkana Louisville Tuscaloosa
AL
Tucson
Metro Hughes Springs Springhill
Carlsbad Redwood
Minden Sebastopol
Sibley Gibsland Montgomery
Wylie (future) Monroe Jackson Savannah
Jefferson
Dallas Meridian
El Paso Alliance Shreveport Vicksburg Newton
Nogales Sweetwater Joyce
Ciudad Juarez Bayou Pierre
Winnfield
TX
Sierra Blanca Bay Springs Brunswick

• 181 interchange points with other

Kraft
San Angelo Natchitoches
Waco Hattiesburg Waynesboro Waycross
Corsicana Alexandria
Flomaton
Palmer
Port Hudson Mobile Jacksonville
LA
Temple DeRidder
Brooklawn
Son. Baton Rouge
Delisle Pensacola
DeQuincy

railroads, including all U.S. and

Alpine Beaumont West Lake Gulfport
Hermosillo Geismar
Ojinaga Presidio Rosenberg West Lake Charles
Chih. Spofford San Antonio
Kendleton Houston Nederland
Port Arthur
New Orleans
Titusville

Guaymas
La Junta
Galveston
FL

Mexico Class I railroads

Chihuahua Victoria
Piedras Negras Tampa
B.C.S. Eagle Pass
St. Petersburg
Robstown
Laredo
Coah. Nuevo Laredo Corpus Christi

Hebbronville

Miami

Sin. Salinas Victoria

Brownsville
Topolobampo Reynosa
Matamoros
Saltillo Monterrey
Culiacan
Torreon
Ramos Arizpe N.L.
Dgo. Pedro C. Morales

Felipe Pescador Tamps.

Mazatlan Zac.

Laguna Seca
S.L.P. Altamira

Chicalote San Luis Tampico

Aguascalientes
Nay. Arellano
Ags.
Potosi Ciudad Valles

Escobedo Merida
Silao
Gto. Viborillas
Valladolid
Guadalajara Ahorcado Hgo. Yuc.
Jal. Irapuato
Celaya Queretaro
Mariscala Qro.
Huehuetoca Campeche
Lecheria Ver. Q. Roo.
Morelia
Ajuno
Xalapa
Col. Mich. Tlax. Santa Fe
Manzanillo Uruapan D.F.
Toluca Mexico City Oriental Veracruz
Méx. Mor.
Puebla

Sanchez Cordoba
Camp.
Pue. Tierra Blanca
Tab.

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Lazaro Cardenas
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Oaxaca

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Upper Midwest/Mid Atlantic/Northeast Northern Mexico
Kevin Nower – knower@kcsouthern.com Carlos Lozano – cflozano@kcsouthern.com.mx

West/Southwest/Southeast/Lower Midwest Southern Mexico

Rafael Mercado – rmercado@kcsouthern.com Evelyn Von Allmen – EAllmenGutierrez@KCSouthern.com

International Containers International Containers

Jay Johnson – jjohnson4@kcsouthern.com Ana Laura Salazar – alsalazar@kcsouthern.com.mx

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Customer Expectation

KCS Commitment

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Toronto

Detroit
Bethlehem
Chicago
North Baltimore
Marion
Greencastle

Kansas City St. Louis

Charlotte

Memphis
Atlanta

Birmingham

Dallas Shreveport Meridian

Ft. Worth Jackson
Jacksonville

Houston
San Antonio Rosenberg

Laredo
KCS CSX
Monterrey NS UP
CN BNSF

San Luis
Potosi

Veracruz
Toluca -
Mexico City
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Monterrey
(Salinas Victoria)

San Luis Potosi

(Interpuerto)

Toluca (Puerta Mexico)

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