Exports to US rebound in May after tariff-induced turbulence

Mexican exports to the United States accrued by 5.6% year-on-year successful May aft falling successful April, the U.S. Trade Office announced connected Thursday.

April’s anemic exports to the U.S. followed a period of some new and threatened tariffs successful March. May saw a astir afloat betterment arsenic companies adjusted to caller marketplace conditions and Mexican leaders sought to negociate connected tariffs and reassure frazzled investors.

Mexico remains the starring commercialized spouse of the U.S., contempt a wide assortment of tariffs implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump this year. The commercialized duties and the uncertainty astir their implementation has wounded galore U.S. commercialized partners successful caller months.

Trade betwixt Mexico and the United States totaled US $74.5 cardinal successful May, with Mexico contributing 16.2% of planetary commercialized with the U.S.

Canada was the 2nd biggest exporter to the U.S., contributing 12.5% of the total, with China pursuing with 5.9%. The U.S.’s different largest commercialized partners successful May were Taiwan, Germany, Japan, Vietnam, South Korea, Ireland and India.

Exports of Mexican goods to the U.S. totaled $46.3 billion, portion U.S. exports to Mexico stood astatine $28.2 billion. This resulted successful a commercialized shortage of $18.2 cardinal successful favour of Mexico, the largest of immoderate U.S. commercialized partner.

Vehicles and car parts correspond immoderate of the apical products Mexico exports to the U.S. (Asipona Veracruz)

The summation represents a rebound from April, erstwhile Mexican exports to the U.S. declined for the archetypal clip successful 13 months. Mexico exported astir $41.7 cardinal successful goods and services to the U.S. successful April, 2.7% little than April 2024.

Exports from Mexican states

Despite the uncertainty, Mexico’s full exports roseate by 3.6% year-on-year successful the archetypal 4th of 2025, totaling $133.625 billion, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) announced successful a press release connected Monday.

The borderline authorities of Chihuahua dominated exports, contributing 16% of the nationalist total, followed by the states of Coahuila (11.8%), Nuevo León (9.9%), Baja California (9.4%), Tamaulipas (6.4%) and Jalisco (6.3%).

Together, these six states accounted for 59.9% of the full nationalist exports.

The 5 states with the astir important summation successful export worth were Yucatán (up 29.3% compared to the aforesaid play past year), Chihuahua (27.5%), Colima (26.9%), Zacatecas (25.8%) and Jalisco (25.0%).

With reports from El Universal