Buen Fin in Tijuana: a free cooperatives expo Nov. 13–15 and crossing passes for SoCal shoppers

Tijuana’s chamber of commerce, Canaco Tijuana, will hold its first Expo Cooperativas during El Buen Fin, from Friday, Nov. 13, to Sunday, Nov. 15, from noon to 6 p.m. at the chamber’s own facilities, El Imparcial reported on Nov. 10. Entry is free. About 40 cooperatives and 130 entrepreneurs will sell regional products, crafts and food, according to the paper.

Canaco Tijuana president Olivaldo Paz said, according to El Imparcial, that the expo is new to the chamber’s Buen Fin program, which in past years kicked off at shopping centers, and that the goal is to give producers and entrepreneurs a space to show and sell their products and to bring them closer to organized commerce.

Passes for shoppers from California

Paz also said that the city’s economic development office, SEDETI, will offer business passes (pases empresariales) to Southern California shoppers who visit Tijuana during El Buen Fin, El Imparcial reported; to get one, you’ll need proof of purchase, the plates of the vehicle you drove into Tijuana and a U.S. ID. According to Zeta, the city is again offering the passes it used to call medical passes, now under the business-pass name, and Paz said economic development secretary Pedro Montejo gave the chamber passes for visitors. Neither report explained how shoppers get one. Last year the city planned more than 2,000 special passes, allocated to shopping plazas according to their needs in coordination with Canaco, for crossings after 7 p.m., El Imparcial reported in November 2025.

Who’s taking part

Only about one in five Canaco Tijuana members formally signs up for El Buen Fin on the federal government’s platform, Zeta reported: of the chamber’s 1,900 affiliated businesses, 400 registered in 2025. Paz blamed the tax information the platform asks for. Nationwide, El Buen Fin runs five days, Friday, Nov. 13, through Tuesday, Nov. 17, according to the dates El Imparcial reported in September, and includes Monday’s Revolution Day holiday.

If you’re shopping this weekend

• Keep your receipts: proof of purchase is one of the documents required for the pass. Ask Canaco Tijuana or SEDETI how to get one before you head back.
• Banks close on Monday, Nov. 16, for the holiday; ATMs and card payments keep working, per our earlier story.
• Plan for long lines going north: San Ysidro’s car lanes reached four hours last Sunday (details), and showers are possible from Friday to Monday (forecast).