Border states maintain leadership in exports

Border states maintained their leadership in exports during the second quarter of 2025, with the manufacturing sector being the only one to grow nationally, up 7.2% compared to the same period last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi).

Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Baja California, Jalisco, and Tamaulipas contributed 62.6% of the total value of the country's exports, which reached US$146.9 billion for the period.

Chihuahua had a total of US$26.2 billion in exports, representing an annual increase of 43.2%; the subsector that contributed the most value to the state was the manufacture of computer, communication, measurement, and other electronic equipment, components, and accessories, with US$15.1 billion.

This amount represents nearly half of the national value, which was US$31.3 billion in exports. Likewise, the subsector ranked second in terms of exports and had the highest annual growth at 51.4 percent.

In the manufacturing sector, the transportation equipment manufacturing subsector continued to dominate with US$53.3 billion, representing a 5% year-on-year decrease. These data should be taken as “a sign of cyclical cooling in the automotive cluster and its supply chain, rather than a structural contraction in the manufacturing sector as a whole,” explained analyst Héctor Magaña.

In this category, Coahuila led the way with US$11.4 billion, although this figure represents a 3.9% reduction compared to the second quarter of 2024. The state accounts for 21.4% of total national exports in the automotive sector.

It is followed by Guanajuato, which also saw a 3.1% reduction in exports; Nuevo León ranked third with 7.3% growth; Chihuahua ranked fourth with a 6.5% contraction; and San Luis Potosí ranked fifth with an annual increase of 0.6%.