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Supply chains and manufacturing: China and Mexico

First country

Second country

In 2025, China sold USD 30.9 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to Mexico and bought USD 3.95 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 123 percent, from USD 15.6 billion in 2019 to USD 34.9 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 30.9 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 3.95 billion the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

China's exports to Mexico: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 13.4Low 12.29 / High 30.922025: 30.92

201913.4
202012.29
202117.68
202221.76
202325.17
202429.48
202530.92

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

China's imports from Mexico: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by China

2019: 2.21Low 2.21 / High 3.952025: 3.95

20192.21
20202.34
20212.31
20222.3
20232.27
20242.46
20253.95

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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