Mexican exports to the US continue to grow

The worth of Mexico’s exports to the United States accrued 8.2% annually successful July to scope a grounds precocious US $45.36 billion, according to U.S. information published connected Thursday.

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis besides reported that Mexico’s exports to the U.S. successful the archetypal 7 months of the twelvemonth were worthy $309.75 billion, a 6.5% summation compared to the aforesaid play of 2024.

The increases successful Mexico’s export gross occurred contempt the United States’ imposition of tariffs connected a scope of Mexican goods this year, including steel, aluminum and cars, arsenic good arsenic goods not covered by the USMCA escaped commercialized pact.

Still, the bulk of Mexican goods participate the United States tariff-free acknowledgment to the USMCA, which covers commercialized betwixt Mexico, the United States and Canada. In July, 86% of Mexico’s gross from exports sent to the U.S. was derived from tariff-free trade, the paper El Financiero reported.

The work of the U.S. information comes a week aft Mexico’s nationalist statistic bureau INEGI reported that Mexico’s full export gross successful the archetypal 7 months of 2025 was $369.43 billion, a 4.3% yearly increase.

In 2024, Mexico’s gross from exports shipped worldwide exceeded $600 cardinal for the archetypal clip ever. The state is connected way to transcend that obstruction for a 2nd consecutive twelvemonth successful 2025.

Mexico remains the apical exporter to the US 

Mexico’s exports to the United States successful the archetypal 7 months of 2025 were worthy 34.4% much than those of Canada, which ranked arsenic the 2nd biggest exporter to the U.S.

In the aforesaid period, Mexico’s exports were worthy 59.7% much than those of China, which was the 3rd largest exporter to the U.S.

Mexico sends a wide scope of products to its bluish neighbour including vehicles, car parts, physics goods, aesculapian devices, caller nutrient and alcoholic beverages. More than 80% of Mexico’s exports spell to the United States.

While the worth of Mexico’s exports to the U.S. accrued 6.5% betwixt January and July, Canada’s gross declined 4.4% portion China’s fell 18.9%.

In the archetypal 7 months of 2025, Mexico had a 15% stock of the United States’ full marketplace for imports, up of Canada connected 11.2% and China connected 9.4%.

Mexico’s spending connected US goods is besides up

The U.S. information shows that Mexico spent $28.99 cardinal connected U.S imports successful July and $197.16 cardinal successful the archetypal 7 months of the year.

The erstwhile fig represents a 1% yearly summation portion the second represents a 1.1% year-over-year increase.

Mexico was the 2nd largest importer of U.S. goods successful the archetypal 7 months of the year, conscionable down Canada. Among Mexico’s imports from the U.S. are gasoline, earthy gas, car parts, vehicles and corn.

Corn, car parts and earthy state are a fewer of Mexico’s apical imports. (Unsplash)

President Claudia Sheinbaum has said that Mexico is consenting to look astatine ways it tin summation its imports from the United States. Her authorities is seeking to trim reliance connected imports from Asian countries, particularly China, arsenic portion of its Plan México concern policy.

One of the reasons U.S. President Donald Trump has fixed for his determination to enforce tariffs connected imports from Mexico is that Mexico runs a important commercialized surplus with its bluish neighbor.

In the archetypal 7 months of 2025, Mexico’s surplus connected commercialized with the U.S. was $112.59 billion, a 17.7% summation compared to the aforesaid play of past year. Trump would not beryllium blessed with that result.

Mexico and the United States are each other’s largest commercialized partner, and the economies of the 2 countries are highly-integrated.

With reports from El Economista and El Financiero