Foreign investment is up in a key nearshoring state, despite threat of US tariffs

Federal Economy Ministry information indicates that Nuevo León received astir US $2.7 cardinal successful Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) done the archetypal 3 months of the year, with the United States being the main root of the funding. 

The caller investments successful Nuevo León this twelvemonth correspond a 7% summation implicit the aforesaid 3 months past year, erstwhile the authorities attracted US $2.5 cardinal from January done March 2024.

U.S. companies were liable for much than fractional the full — $1.45 cardinal — during this clip period, according to the paper El Financiero. This fig represents 54% of each FDI successful Nuevo León during Q1 of 2025 and is 134% greater than during the aforesaid 4th successful 2024.

The Netherlands ranks 2nd connected the FDI database with much than $566 cardinal successful caller concern from January-May 2025. Argentina is 3rd with $221 million.

In all, the authorities attracted $32.7 cardinal successful 2024 and, since Governor Samuel García took bureau successful October 2021, Nuevo León has received astir $73 cardinal successful FDI. The caller concern has created 361,500 caller jobs successful the state. Of the 348 projects funded by concern since 2021, 169 correspond to caller developments and 179 were enlargement projects.

According to the paper El Economista, the $2.7 cardinal successful FDI successful Nuevo León — 13% of the nationalist full — was much than immoderate different authorities successful Mexico, coming successful lone down the $11.8 cardinal FDI successful Mexico City, which represents 55% of the nationalist total.

Acting authorities Economy Minister Emmanuel Loo said an further $9 cardinal of investments person been confirmed and volition beryllium formally announced successful the coming weeks, adding that astir $10 cardinal is connected clasp pending U.S. commercialized and tariff argumentation decisions.

The manufacturing manufacture is the No. 1 recipient of the investment, accounting for conscionable implicit fractional of the full FDI, followed by commercialized investments, fiscal services and insurance.

With reports from El Economista and El Financiero