Strategic Lens

Supply chains and manufacturing: Mexico and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, Mexico sold USD 276.9 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United States and bought USD 66.2 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 52 percent, from USD 225.5 billion in 2019 to USD 343.0 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Mexico sold USD 276.9 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel, against USD 66.2 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

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

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

2019: 172.56Low 151.72 / High 276.892025: 276.89

2019172.56
2020151.72
2021174.95
2022209.14
2023216.39
2024234.01
2025276.89

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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

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

2019: 52.93Low 42.24 / High 69.12025: 66.16

201952.93
202042.24
202151.12
202260.5
202367.65
202469.1
202566.16

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026