Mexico-Japan Trade Statistics

With data to November 2011

In 2011, Mexico’s exports to Japan continue, in percentage terms, outperforming Japanese sales to Mexico through November. Mexico posted US$ 3.6 billion or 16.7 % growth in cumulative exports to Japan for the eleven-month period of the year. About one quarter of such exports represent agricultural products where tuna, coffee, beef, and melon registered the largest percentage growth in the Japanese market. In addition, pork, avocado and fresh vegetables concentrated the largest monetary value of such exports, accounting by almost half of the US$ 811 million in sales through November, already a new yearly record without considering the December data, yet to be published.
  
In terms of bilateral trade, November showed an 11.1 % increase in exchanges, underscoring, on the one hand the steady recovery of exports by Japanese auto part firms which supply to OEM’s clients in Mexico; and, on the other the growing demand in Japan for such Mexican products as salt used in petrochemical processes, refined silver, and also auto parts.

Elaborated by: Representative Office in Japan of Mexico's Ministry of Economy