The Commerce Department reported Wednesday that there was a record U.S. trade deficit with Mexico in 2024. This negative balance was $171.809 billion dollars, which is 12.7% more than the negative balance in 2023. The amount resulted from U.S. imports from Mexico of $505.851 billion and U.S. exports
U.S. exports to Mexico in 2024 increased 3.5% at an annual rate, to 334,041 million dollars, according to Census Bureau data released Wednesday. To the entire world, Mexico’s merchandise imports grew 4.5% in 2024, reaching 625,311.8 million dollars, according to an Inegi release at the end of January.
Mexico‘s exports to the United States in 2024 grew at a year-on-year rate of 6.1%, to $505.851 billion. For the entire same year, U.S. imports from around the world were $3.27 billion, implying year-over-year growth of 6.1 percent. Consequently, Mexico increased its market share from 15.4 percent to
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