The state of Baja California occupied position number 28 among the 32 Mexican states in a ranking released by the World Bank.
According to the report Doing Business in Mexico 2016 the state was among the ones with the largest time to open a company (13.5) and its high cost to obtain a business license (28.8 percent of per capita income).
The World Bank said the state has made some improvements since 2007, when the first report was released, in terms of business opening requirements, property registration and legal environment.
The state was 28 in the four indicators included to produce the report—business opening, building permits, property registration and legal environment.
Baja California was also the last one in electronic business licenses.
The report underlines the fact that the state’s cost of paying lawyers to register a business is four times the same amount paid in other states.
In comparison, the price in Baja California for this service is 23,566 Mexican pesos while in Colima the same service costs 5,024 Mexican pesos.
Business license fees also include a special fee for education, an item collected in other 15 states as well.
Business registration takes 22 days in the state and authorities ask for up to 10 different requirements, the World Bank report said.
In terms of quality of judiciary case handling, the state obtained 7.5 points of 18, the report says.
Business issues can take up to 379 days for court decision and cost an average of 26.1 percent of total cost of lawsuits. In this case, Baja California got 7.5 points out of 18 maximum points.
Opening a business in the state takes 13.5 days, according to the report, while a building permit can take up to 77 days and comply with 17 requirements.
Business owners can spend up to 22 days and fulfill with 10 requirements to register a company, the report says.
Coca Cola distributor robbed
Two men, including a taxi driver, were arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly robbing a Coca Cola employee, said the Municipal Public Safety Department.
Authorities said the robbery was reported at Independencia Avenue and Eleventh Street.
Police officers arrived on scene but were not able to find the victim.
Moments later, the reporting party dialed the police hotline and told authorities he was chasing the suspects who were on board of a taxi cab number 882 from the Taxicom company.
Police officers found and stopped the suspect vehicle and arrested Edgar “Doe,” 34 and taxi driver Andrés Eduardo “Doe,” 31.
Police agents found a pistol underneath the driver’s seat.
The suspects were transported to the Santa Isabel police station.
