Statistical information
Publication: January 2025 with the most recent information.
Analysis prepared by CANAINTEX.
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Total Mexican Exports of Textile and Apparel Products
Millions of Dollars
There are companies in the Textile-Apparel industry that are vertically integrated from yarn manufacturin to the final product.
Total Esports. Main Textile-Apparel Exports
Millions of dollars
Mexico’s foreing trade is affected by the depreciation of the exchange rate (21%), which impacts the percentage variation compared to previous years.
Confeccionados
During the same period in 2024, exports
were mainly comprised of pants and t-shirts,
which together accounted for 39% of the
total.
In this period, pants saw a 2% growth, t-
shirts 1%, and curtains and skirting boards
0.1%, compared to the same period in 2023.
Total Exports. Main destination countries for Mexican exports
Millions of dollars
From January to October 2024, the total exports amounted to 7, 307 million USD, with 91% of textile and apparel products being shipped to the united states (6,676 million USD).
The other countries with the highest participation during this period are:
- Canada, 69 million USD.
- El Salvador, 66 million USD.
- Guatemala, 59 million USD.
Total Exports. Main destination countries for Mexican exports
Millions of dollars
Exports by state, second Quarter of 2024.
As of the second quarter of 2024, the states with the highest share in textile industry exports are:
- Coahuila, 175 million USD.
- Puebla, 117 million USD.
- Estado de México, 107 million USD.
Regarding the Apparel Industry, as of the second quarter of 2024, the three leading exporting states are:
- Baja California, 258 million USD.
- Coahuila, 253 million USD.
- Puebla, 167 million USD.
United States Imports of Textile and Apparel Products
Mexico’s foreign trade is affected by the
depreciation of the exchange rate
(21%), which impacts the percentage
variation compared to previous years.
During the period from January to September 2024, Mexico ranked as the fifth
trading partner of the United States in terms of Textile-Apparel sector imports,
with a value of 3,864 million USD.
Currently, China is the main trading partner of the United States. During this
period, imports of textile and apparel products from this country reached a value
of 21,025 million USD, representing a 3% growth compared to the same period
last year.
The main goods imported by the United States from other countries were pants,
sweaters, t-shirts, and coats, which together accounted for 38% of the country’s
total imports.
Total Mexican imports of textile and apparel products
Millions of dollars
From January to October 2024, imports of textile and apparel products
reached 11,154 million USD, representing a 13% increase compared to
the same period last year. In contrast, compared to the same period in
2022, there was a decrease of 9%
Total Imports. Main textile and apparel imported products
Millions of dollars
From January to October 2024, the textile products with the highest share in imports are plain fabrics with 17%, now woven fabrics with 15%, coated fabrics with 13%, and filament fabrics with 11%, together representing 56% of the total.
Of the apparel products, the ones with the highest share are pants with 18%, t-shirts with 12%, sweaters with 10%, and surgical towels with 7%, wich together represent 47% of the total imports.
Total Imports. Main countries of origin of Mexican imports
Millions of Dollars
Imports, Apparel Sector:
They mainly come from China, representing 40% of the total
Trade Balance of the Textile-Apparel Industry for the last year
In the period from January to October 2024, the Trade Balance showed a deficit of- 3,847 million USD. Imports reached 11,154 million USD, while exports totaled 7, 307 million USD.
Mexico’s foreign trade is affected by the depreciation of the exchange rate (21%), which impacts the percentage variation compared to previous years.
Textile-Apparel GDP
In the third quarter of 2024, the manufacturing GDP was over 5,300, 000 million MXN. Of this, the Textile-Apparel Industry contrubuted 99 billion pesos, representing 1.88%.
Textil-Apparel GDP (Million USD)
313 Textile materials manufacturing.
314 Textile products manufacturing.
315 Clothing manufacturing .
Composition of GDP, Subsectors
The GDP of the Textile-Apparel Industry has not been able to reach the level of the first quarter of 2019, as the sector currently shows a 14% decrease.
The apparel sector is the most affected, showing a 19% decrease compared to the first quarter of 2019.
Formal employment in recent years
In October 2024, nearly 1.2 millon jobs were recorded, of which 66% were informal and 34% were formal.
From March 2019 to April 2024, 89,000 formal jobs have been lost, of which 75,000 formal jobs were lost in August 2020.
Most of the formal jobs belong to the Apparel sector. In October 2024, this sector recorded 253,000 jobs, representing 67% of formal employment.
It is noteworthy that the Textile sector is capital-intensive, while the Apparel sector is laborintensive. For every job created in the textile industry, four jobs can be generated in the Apparel sector, which means the Textile-Apparel sector, which means the Textile Industry drives employment growth in the supply chain.
Distribution of formal employment by federal entity
- The Textile Industry is present throughout the Mexican Republic.
- In the northern part of the country, there is the cotton agro-industry, the main input used in the sector.
- In the central-southwest states, most of the jobs in the textile subsector are concentrated.
- In the apparel subsector, most of the jobs are located in the northem part of the country.