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Industry Environment- Supporting Industry & Industrial Production Growth Rate

In Mexico, it has many different industries, including textiles and clothing. In Spain, textiles and apparel (including footwear) and footwear are two main industries. Hong Kong also has textiles and clothing industries but the occupation of industries in Hong Kong is small.
Besides, the industrial production growth rate in Mexico is 0.9% which ranked 148 compared to the world. The industrial production growth rate in Spain is 3.9% and its world ranking is 59. In Hong Kong, the industrial production growth rate is 1% which is similar to Mexico. Therefore, it shows that Spain is a potential country for the shoes industries as its industrial production growth rate is the highest between these three countries. The shoes industry can earn the advantage if it sets up in Spain.

Industry Environment - Infrastructure Development and Technology The transportation is an important factor in the footwear industry. During the process some materials have to be import from other places and the final good should be export to other countries. For this reason, the company need a country well connected.
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Compare with Spain and Hong Kong, Mexico has much more airports than the other two (Spain: 150 airports, Hong Kong: 2 airports) which shows that the transportation by air is well-developed in Mexico. However, air transport is the most expensive. The railways and roadways are well-developed in Spain that in Mexico, both of them are longer than in Mexico and in Hong Kong. Hong Kong just has 2100 km roadways while Spain has 16101.5 km railways and 683,175 km roadways. Also, the major seaport in Spain has 7 while Mexico has 5 major seaport and Hong Kong just has one. The water transportation is also well-developed in

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