Mexico - Foreign trade

Not including exports from the maquiladoras, the most important export commodities from Mexico are crude oil and automobiles. Mexico also exports 9.5% of the world's vegetables. The top 10 exports are:

	% OF COUNTRY TOTAL
Passenger motor vehicles	10
Crude petroleum	9
Telecommunications equipment	6.8
Apparel	5.2
Electrical machinery	3.9
Television receivers	3.5
Motor vehicle parts and accessories	3.5
Electrical breakers	3.1
General industrial machinery	3.1
Engines	2.1

Mexico formerly imported mainly consumer goods, but in 2000 consumer goods accounted for only 13.1% of imports. The main imports that year were machinery and industrial supplies. In 2000 Mexico's imports were distributed among the following categories:

Consumer goods	13.1%
Food	4.1%
Fuels	2.8%
Industrial supplies	28.1%
Machinery	35.1%
Transportation	14.3%
Other	2.5%

Principal trading partners in 2000 (in millions of US dollars) were as follows:

COUNTRY	EXPORTS	IMPORTS	BALANCE
United States	147,186	139,558	7,628
Canada	3,301	4,146	-845
Spain	1,527	1,656	-129
Germany	1,460	6,116	-4,656
Japan	938	7,541	-6,603
United Kingdom	860	1,176	-316
Brazil	537	1,954	-1,417
China (inc. Hong Kong)	416	3,605	-3,189
Italy	225	2,418	-2,193
Korea	200	4,009	-3,809