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Mexico has joined the big boys as a burgeoning trade and investment destination for New Zealand companies, according to a new survey.
Accountancy and business advisory firm Grant Thornton New Zealand has released an international report on emerging markets, with China and India topping the list.
They were followed by Russia and Mexico, which this year slipped ahead of Brazil.
While China and India were standouts because of their population size, growth potential and gross domestic product, countries like Mexico should not be ruled out, the survey said.
Mexico had had unprecedented stability for the last seven or eight years and its GDP per head was a close second to Russia's.
