These figures highlight the problem of low productivity that always characterises the small business sector. Mi Tortilla, which is the programme that the study visit has more specifically met, also supports producers through a quality logo that helps them compete with large companies and through a grant in change for old polluting equipment so that this is not sold in the second-hand market. Together with an economic objective of improved productivity, the MI series has also a social aim in seeking to formalise through participation in the programme the large swaths of informality that connotes the microenterprise sector in Mexico.