Mexico Is Now the Top Importer of U.S. Goods

In August 2025, Mexico overtook Canada as the United States’ largest export market, underscoring how deeply the U.S. manufacturing sector and related jobs are tied to North American demand.

  1. Since 2020, Mexico has remained the United States’ fastest-growing, most stable export destination. In August 2025, Mexico overtook Canada as the United States’ largest export market, underscoring how deeply the U.S. manufacturing sector and related jobs are tied to North American demand. It also demonstrates how a wealthier Mexico, in many ways, has become a consumer market for American products. 

  2. Monthly trends show remarkable resilience through multiple disruptions: Section 232 tariffs (2018), USMCA’s entry into force (2020), pandemic-era supply chain realignment, and even more recent IEEPA tariffs (2025). The data reveals structural, as opposed to temporary, regional integration. 

  3. Over 15 years, U.S. exports to Mexico have more than doubled, showing how U.S.-Mexico trade ties now outweigh distant markets in sustaining American industry and workers. Trade with Mexico is the United States’ most stable and fastest-growing commercial relationship, outpacing Asia and Europe combined in year-over-year growth since 2020. 

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