Ernesto Romero

Speakers: Ernesto Romero, In-house Counsel of FedEx and Juan Cortiñas, In-house Counsel of DHL

Yet in a country where the postal system is perceived to be inefficient, a government monopoly would be a disaster, says Ernesto Romero, president of the National Mexican Association of Courier Businesses.The association includes 30 members that serve 400,000 clients.Those companies post sales of US$925 million a year.Mexico's recent boom in the private courier sector- especially in the niche market of documents-is due to the postal service's inability to provide adequate service, Romero says.

"If you start to quantify the aggregate costs that this would mean for the economy in total, it would be highly dangerous," says Romero, whose association includes companies such as DHL, UPS and FedEx."A measure of this type would certainly not help strengthen the competitiveness of Mexico-on the contrary, it would be a step backwards," says Romero, who is also the vice president of legal affairs at FedEx Mexico.
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Romero, however, says his main concern lies in Mexico's businesses, as well as entities such as embassies, all of which depend on private couriers.

"Obviously, we're worried about the economic impact this could have on each of our associates," says Romero, who said he would not guess how much the Sepomex proposal could cost Mexico's private couriers.
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Romero, however, points out that the Mexican Supreme Court has ruled that private couriers are not violating the law.He says that Sepomex's campaign is nothing more than an attempt to fend off competition."We firmly believe in open and free competition," says Romero.