Now these are goods that are shipped to Mexico as components. usually along the border with the United States and the maquilladora. therefore counted as exports but then assembled in Mexico and shipped right back here. That is why they call them tourist exports. They are not even there long enough to have a visa. They get shipped over there. they are put together by people who make 70 cents an hour. and they are shipped right back here. not to consumers in Mexico. as I said before. The consumer middle class in Mexico has declined by about 8 million people in the last 4 years.