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Guadalajara, Jalisco to Tehuacán, Puebla freight

Guadalajara, Jalisco to Tehuacán, Puebla freight

The Guadalajara to Tehuacán corridor runs within Mexico. On Cargado, multiple carriers bid here in the past year.

Direction

Domestic Mexico

Equipment on this lane

Straight truck-led, with dry van demand

Carrier availability

Multiple carriers bid here in the past year

Marketplace activity

Posted by brokers on the Cargado marketplace

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This corridor connects the Guadalajara market (Guadalajara, Tlaquepaque, Zapopan, El Salto, Tlajomulco De Zúñiga, Tala) with the Tehuacán market (Tehuacán, Ixtaczoquitlán, Orizaba, Córdoba, Tepanco De López, Nogales), running within Mexico. Over the past 12 months brokers posted this corridor to the Cargado marketplace. Multiple carriers bid here in the past year.

What ships from Guadalajara

Freight out of the Guadalajara market leans toward pharma and veterinary products, food and beverage and fresh produce based on what brokers actually post there. You can read more about moving these goods on the freight types pages.

Equipment on this corridor

Straight truck-led, with dry van demand. Browse equipment definitions in the glossary if a term is unfamiliar.

Domestic Mexico

This is an intra-Mexico corridor: no border crossing, no transloading. Loads on Mexican federal highways travel with a stamped carta porte, and Mexican carriers bid on domestic freight in the marketplace alongside international lanes.

Brokers post corridors like this to Cargado's marketplace, where verified carriers bid and every counterparty has been vetted before the first load moves.

The markets on this lane

Origin market

Guadalajara, JAL

Guadalajara is a major electronics center, with computing and electronic equipment making up about four-fifths of Jalisco's exports in the first quarter of 2026. The metro also ships tequila and auto parts, and has new logistics parks south of the city. Freight reaches the world through Manzanillo port and Guadalajara's cargo airport, and moves north to the U.S. by highway or by rail through Irapuato.

Industries: Electronics and computing equipment, tequila, auto parts, air cargo

  • Airport: International airport with a cargo area, third in Mexico by cargo volume. About 183,000 metric tons in 2025 (operating). Source
  • Seaport: Port of Manzanillo, Mexico's leading container port. Nearly 4 million TEUs in 2025 (operating). Source
  • Industrial park: Centro Logístico Jalisco, a logistics and industrial park in Acatlán de Juárez and Zacoalco de Torres. 1,200 hectares; 33 companies operating and 14 under construction as of August 2025. Source
  • Customs: State-backed dry port (inland customs office) planned inside Centro Logístico Jalisco in Acatlán de Juárez, to ease congestion at Manzanillo for cargo that can move by rail (planned as of December 2025). Source
  • Industrial park: El Salto corridor logistics park, first phase. 315,507 sq m of industrial buildings planned on a 535,185 sq m site (opened February 2025). Source
  • Industrial park: Tlajomulco technology park, with 28 industrial buildings planned for its first stage (opened May 2026). Source

Distribution: Industrial and logistics parks in Acatlán de Juárez, El Salto and Tlajomulco, with new buildings opened in 2025 and 2026.

Destination market

Tehuacán, PUE

Tehuacán is an inland industrial city in southeast Puebla known for egg and poultry production and a large denim and apparel sector. It has an industrial park and an airport. The municipality's international sales were US$243 million in 2023, mostly men's suits and sets and nearly all to the United States, and the apparel sector has been shrinking, with more than 40% of the region's maquiladoras reported closed in December 2025.

Industries: Eggs and poultry, denim and apparel, light manufacturing, distribution

  • Industrial park: Tehuacán Industrial Park, with automotive, molded-cardboard, recycling and distribution plants. 90 hectares, 19 plants and about 2,000 direct jobs in October 2025; more than a third of the land unoccupied. Source
  • Egg production: Puebla's egg industry, reported through the Tehuacán poultry producers' association, with incubators among its infrastructure. Puebla: 21 companies, 160 farms, 561.6 million eggs a month (state level). Source
  • Airport: Tehuacán airport, whose runway limits aircraft loads to 5 metric tons as reported in January 2026; a runway upgrade for up to 50 metric tons is under discussion with investors. 5 metric tons current limit; 50 metric tons proposed. Source
  • Denim sewing and laundry shops: Formal and informal sewing and wash operations in Tehuacán, Ajalpan and San Gabriel Chilac. More than 40% of the region's 1,000-plus maquiladoras closed, reported December 2025. Source
  • Municipal exports: Tehuacán municipality's international sales. US$243 million in 2023, US$238 million of it to the United States; 62% men's suits and sets. Source

Distribution: Distribution warehouses inside the state industrial park, which are distribution centers for companies based in Tehuacán and the region.

Market profiles describe industries and facility types from public government, industry, port, railroad and industrial-park sources. They name no shippers, manufacturers, retailers or logistics companies.

Common questions about this lane

How do I find carriers for Guadalajara to Tehuacán?

On Cargado, brokers post the corridor and vetted carriers bid on it. Multiple carriers bid here in the past year. Every carrier is verified before it can bid, which replaces cold-calling unknown carriers.

What equipment is available on the Guadalajara to Tehuacán corridor?

Postings here lean straight truck-led, with dry van demand. If you need a type you do not see, post the load anyway. Carriers with matching equipment get notified automatically.

Does Cargado handle domestic Mexico freight?

Yes. Brokers post intra-Mexico moves alongside cross-border freight, and Mexican carriers bid on them the same way. Domestic loads on federal highways still need a stamped carta porte.

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