Manzanillo’s customs revenue rises 12%.

The customs office at the Port of Manzanillo generated the highest revenue in July among all customs offices in Mexico, with US$1.1 million, surpassing the revenue of the customs office in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, which collected US$1 million, according to a report by Mexico’s National Customs Agency.

Meanwhile, total container throughput at the Port of Manzanillo grew by nearly 12% in the first half of the year, reaching 2.456 million TEUs.

 July was the busiest month of the year, with 384,691 TEUs, according to the monthly statistical report from the Manzanillo National Port System Administration, which noted that containerized cargo accounts for 74% of the port’s total commercial cargo by weight, exceeding 18 million metric tons in the first half of the year—7% more than last year.

On the other hand, mineral bulk cargo (iron pellets, zinc, copper, or mineral fertilizer, etc.) grew at an annual rate of 7%, accounting for 15% of the total, in addition to agricultural bulk cargo, which grew by 6%, with a significant increase of nearly 18%, mainly in foods such as beans, soybeans, canola seed, oat seed, barley, and wheat.

 The remaining 4% consists of general cargo, which is typically transported in individual units such as sacks, tubes, and boxes, including machinery and steel products.

Of this total cargo volume in metric tons—excluding petroleum products—64% corresponds to imports, 16% to exports, 14% to transshipment of cargo from one vessel to another, and 6% to coastal shipping.

At the same time, during the first half of the year, nine cruise ships arrived in Manzanillo—two more than last year—carrying more than 16,000 passengers. Of particular note was the arrival of the Queen Mary 2, operated by the British cruise line Cunard, a ship longer than any that had ever docked at the port before, which also made stops in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, and La Paz, Baja California Sur.