Mexico recorded a trade surplus of 4.52 billion US dollars in April.

Mexico recorded a trade surplus of $45.2 billion in April, with both imports and exports significantly increasing compared to the same period last year. Data released by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico on Monday showed that exports in April increased by 32.6% to reach $72.04 billion, while imports increased by 24.1% to reach $67.52 billion. Due to the rise in oil prices, oil exports increased by 7.9% to reach $20.5 billion. The average price of crude oil exports in Mexico in April was $94.99 per barrel, higher than the $61.01 per barrel in the same period last year. Meanwhile, the volume of crude oil exports decreased from an average of 726,000 barrels per day to 478,000 barrels. Oil imports increased by 0.6% to reach $4.74 billion. Specifically, exports of manufactured goods increased by 34% to reach $656.9 billion; mineral exports increased by 71% to reach $20.8 billion; and agricultural exports increased slightly by 0.1% to reach $22.3 billion. In terms of imports, imports of intermediate goods for production increased by 31.9% to reach $510.2 billion; imports of equipment and machinery increased by 1.3% to reach $47.9 billion. Imports of non-oil consumer goods increased by 11% to reach $69.7 billion. From January to April of this year, Mexico has accumulated a trade surplus of $35.1 billion; in the first four months of 2025, the country had recorded a trade deficit of $3.14 billion.