The state of Baja California is an attractive region for investors and tourists across the world due to the border with the United States, having a 1,500-kilometer coastline, two seas, infrastructure and prime farmland.

Due to the diversity of productive sectors in the region, economic activity has been taken advantage of. The following are the main industries and products that Baja California successfully exports to the world, without forgetting about the services offered by the state, which are of interest to tourists in many regions.

Agriculture:

Agriculture is one of the business activities that characterizes the State of Baja California is its wine grape production, since it’s the state with the highest grape production domestically. Other major crops in BC are corn, barley, oat, some vegetables, tomato, scallion, berries and cilantro.

Livestock:

Baja California is a major player in the production of bovine livestock, milk, livestock fattening, pig farming and meat.

Industry:

In this business, the maquiladora industry is the largest, followed by the food and beverage industry, construction, manufacture of metal and non-metal products. Currently, the most important industries are: textile, electronics and automotive.

Tourism:

Baja California has an infrastructure that intersects the old with the new; the oldest structures in Tijuana are between 50 to 70 years old. It also has modern hotels, camping areas, restaurants, bars, theatres, racetracks, a monument square at the Tijuana beaches, beach resorts, golf clubs and hot springs.

Commerce:

Baja California is a leader among the Northwestern states of the country since it holds the highest amount of shopping centers. Just within the famous Revolución Avenue located in Tijuana there are about 400 stores, 36 restaurants and 35 nightclubs.

The most important business sectors are food and beverages, clothing, fuel, raw and ancillary materials, transportation equipment, repairs, accessories, glass, cement, wood and paper just to mention a few.

Services:

The most important service in the region is tourism thanks to infrastructure for art and culture promotion such as the Tijuana Cultural Center, and the promotion of events and festivals at key locations in the state.

Baja California also has a great number of industries dedicated to highly specialized work, as well as trained advisors to investors in the region.

Fishing and aquaculture:

The state mainly deals in the fishing of tuna, sardine, abalone and lobster. Cultivation of species such as scallop, catfish and mussel has also been developed.

Another major business in Baja California is mining, which is still in its infancy but expected to see an important growth with significant investments due to the presence of a great number of mineral resources and oil deposits in the region.