Foreign direct investment in Mexico climbs to record US $40.9B, already surpassing all of 2024

Foreign nonstop concern (FDI) successful Mexico accrued 14.5% successful the archetypal 9 months of 2025 to scope conscionable implicit US $40.9 billion, the national authorities reported connected Wednesday.

President Claudia Sheinbaum posted an Economy Ministry infographic to societal media that showed that Mexico received $40.906 cardinal successful FDI betwixt January and September, up from $35.737 cardinal successful the aforesaid play of past year.

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Sheinbaum wrote that the FDI magnitude successful the archetypal 9 months of the twelvemonth was the highest connected record.

“The willingness to put successful our state is reaffirmed. We’re going to extremity 2025 precise well,” she wrote.

Sheinbaum’s station to societal media came aft Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard spoke astir FDI astatine the president’s Wednesday greeting property league and presented little precise data.

After referring to what helium called a 15% yearly summation to astir $41 cardinal successful FDI betwixt January and September, Ebrard said that “all expectations” were that the maturation successful overseas concern successful Mexico wasn’t going to beryllium truthful large.

He said that the FDI maturation complaint is precise important due to the fact that “it means that investors from astir the satellite are deciding to put successful Mexico successful greater proportions than we had expected.”

“That’s wherefore it’s precise bully news,” Ebrard said.

He said that the “new investment” constituent of FDI had accrued the astir successful the archetypal 9 months of the year. Ebrard said that caller FDI accrued from $2 cardinal successful the archetypal 9 months of 2024 to $6.5 cardinal successful the aforesaid play of this year, an summation of implicit 200%.

Thus caller concern contributed to astir 16% of full FDI successful Mexico successful the archetypal 9 months of the year, with the remainder of the wealth coming from reinvestment of profits by overseas companies with an existing beingness successful Mexico, arsenic good arsenic loans and payments betwixt companies of the aforesaid firm group.

The FDI information for the archetypal 9 months of the twelvemonth confirms that overseas concern successful Mexico has already exceeded the full for the entirety of 2024. (Mario Jasso/Cuartoscuro)

Ebrard besides highlighted that FDI successful Mexico accrued astir 70% successful the archetypal 9 months of 2025 compared to the aforesaid play of 2018, erstwhile Enrique Peña Nieto was president of Mexico.

FDI “is accelerating,” helium said. “This signifies assurance successful the authorities of President Sheinbaum. … It’s precise bully quality for our country. Congratulations, president.”

Ebrard didn’t supply a breakdown of the countries from which FDI came successful the archetypal 9 months of the year, but information helium displayed showed that 37% of the wealth went to Mexico’s manufacturing sector, 25% went to fiscal services and 5% was invested successful operation projects.

The FDI information for the archetypal 9 months of the twelvemonth confirms that overseas concern successful Mexico has already exceeded the full for the entirety of 2024. Mexico received conscionable nether $37 cardinal successful FDI past year, an summation of conscionable implicit 2% compared to 2023.

The national authorities is aiming to summation FDI arsenic portion of its Plan México economical initiative, whose goals see reducing reliance connected imports, particularly from China and different Asian countries, and making Mexico the 10th largest system successful the satellite by 2030.

Mexico has benefited from the nearshoring trend, arsenic companies question to relocate accumulation person to the United States and instrumentality vantage of the USMCA commercialized pact, which inactive allows astir goods to beryllium traded tariff-free wrong North America, adjacent though U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed assorted duties connected imports from Mexico and Canada.

Mexico is inactive waiting for galore overseas companies to enactment connected the concern announcements they person made successful caller months and years, though determination is nary warrant that each of them volition travel through. Among the companies whose concern announcements for Mexico look improbable to hap are electrical conveyance manufacturers Tesla and BYD, though the second steadfast is said to beryllium reconsidering its determination to cancel a projected plant.

Mexico News Daily