Mexican exports to Japan reached a historic high of $7.019 billion in 2025, with year-on-year growth of 18.9%, according to the Japanese Ministry of Finance. This progress consolidates Japan as a strategic partner in Asia and reinforces the diversification of Mexican foreign trade in advanced manufacturing and technology.
This dynamism is a response to greater productive competitiveness, integration into Asia-America supply chains, and preferential access through the Mexico-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. Both trade agreements reduce tariffs and strengthen regulatory certainty for foreign direct investment.
Computers: the main driver of Mexican exports to Japan
Electronic machinery led the growth. Automatic data processing machines (HS 8471), which include personal computers, rose from $245 million in 2023 to $405 million in 2024 (+65.3%) and climbed to $1.306 billion in 2025 (+222.8%). This is the most dynamic segment of bilateral foreign trade.
On a global scale, Mexico’s international trade in computers increased by 143% from January to November 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, reaching US$106.322 billion. Exports grew 140.7% to $75.851 billion, while imports rose 148.9% to $30.471 billion, according to the Bank of Mexico.
This performance positions Mexico as a high value-added manufacturing platform in the context of nearshoring and global technological reconfiguration.
Automotive and telephony sector: adjustments with selective recovery
Mexican exports to Japan of telephony devices (HS 8517) increased by 18.7% in 2024 and 1.7% in 2025, exceeding $340 million. Microphones and loudspeakers (HS 8518) fell 30.8% in 2024 but rebounded 6.8% in 2025. This behavior reflects inventory normalization and technological transition.
In the automotive sector, passenger cars (HS 8703) fell by 13.7% in 2024 and rebounded by 14.6% in 2025, to $483 million. The variation responds to demand cycles and vehicle electrification in Japan, a market of 123 million inhabitants with a recent annual demographic contraction of 0.4%.
Medical devices and agribusiness: stability and price pressure
Medical and veterinary instruments (HS 9018) grew 4.8% in 2024 and 10.1% in 2025, to $777 million. This is a stable sector, with high technological content and regulatory compliance, which is key to diversification.