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 |
User Contributions:
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dakota
Jun 2, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
The food in Mexico is somewhat tasty except for an old indian recipe called Hjenjitis Koritipn (Henjinjitis koritipin) which is made of rotting fungus, old overipe beans, and some old cloth for extra flavour. The mexicans like to use spices for tacos and enchiladas and other spicy foods including hot peppers and spicy meat and garden seasonings.
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