acquiring refrigerators and microwaves. Finally, in urban areas the pace of life is increasing

and women are more frequently seen in the workplace. As a result, the demand for convenience

foods is increasing.

 Perhaps the greatest long term potential is with regard to meats. The large majority of

U.S. grain and oilseed exports to Mexico are for feed. In many cases, rather than exporting the

feedstuffs, it may be advantageous to produce meat in the U.S. and export it to Mexico. Several

factors suggest that this will increasingly be true. Among these are: improvements in

technologies for transporting chilled and frozen cargoes, the flexibility of refrigerated containers

for backhauls, relaxation of tariff and non-tariff barriers to meat imports into Mexico, and

increasing demands among Mexican consumers for high quality meats.