SADER predicts a historic year for tequila exports

During the first celebration of National Tequila Day, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) highlighted that exports of this beverage maintained a positive trend during the 2023–2025 period, reporting an average annual growth rate of 2.6%.

2026 is projected to be a year of outstanding results, as 126.5 million liters were exported by April—equivalent to 31.8% of the total volume shipped in 2025. Major destinations include the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, Colombia, Italy, Australia, Germany, and India.

In a statement, SADER indicated that by the end of 2025, Mexico had exported 397.1 million liters of tequila—a figure higher than the 392.9 million liters recorded in 2024 and the 377.5 million liters in 2023— representing a cumulative increase of 5.2% and generating revenue of just over US$11.6 billion over the three-year period.

It noted that between 2020 and 2025, tequila exports recorded an average annual growth rate of 8.5%, rising from US$2.3 billion to US$3.5 billion.

The drink’s international significance is underpinned by the value of its land of origin, as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the Agave Landscape and the Historic Industrial Facilities of Tequila, in Jalisco, as a World Heritage Site in 2006.