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Where does Mexico get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Mexico imported $7.7 billion of electric cables (655 thousand tonnes), 4.6% of the world total. Its main sources were the United States (45%), China (26%) and Nicaragua (9%). Mexico was the world’s 4th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$7.7billion
Tonnes
655thousand tonnes
Share of world total
4.6%
World rank
4th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
United States3.5Tonnes: 364,928USD per tonne: $9,50244.8%Land
China2Tonnes: 147,701USD per tonne: $13,72626.2%Sea
Nicaragua0.67Tonnes: 31,377USD per tonne: $21,2878.6%Sea
Vietnam0.25Tonnes: 18,702USD per tonne: $13,1883.2%Sea
Honduras0.18Tonnes: 4,566USD per tonne: $39,3852.3%Sea
South Korea0.14Tonnes: 9,486USD per tonne: $15,1351.9%Sea
Germany0.13Tonnes: 7,148USD per tonne: $18,5091.7%Sea
El Salvador0.1Tonnes: 4,256USD per tonne: $24,6631.4%Sea
Japan0.1Tonnes: 5,692USD per tonne: $18,3131.4%Sea
Taiwan0.06Tonnes: 1,435USD per tonne: $41,9050.78%Air
Thailand0.06Tonnes: 32,141USD per tonne: $1,7560.73%Sea
Philippines0.05Tonnes: 1,463USD per tonne: $36,6430.69%Air
Canada0.05Tonnes: 1,608USD per tonne: $33,2210.69%Sea
Brazil0.04Tonnes: 3,415USD per tonne: $11,7590.52%Sea
Spain0.04Tonnes: 2,833USD per tonne: $13,0400.48%Sea
India0.04Tonnes: 1,547USD per tonne: $22,4970.45%Sea
Italy0.03Tonnes: 1,593USD per tonne: $18,4070.38%Sea
Poland0.03Tonnes: 1,473USD per tonne: $17,5920.33%Sea
France0.02Tonnes: 936USD per tonne: $26,4470.32%Sea
Austria0.02Tonnes: 1,634USD per tonne: $14,8620.31%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

The United States was its main source throughout the period

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • United States 3.5
  • China 2
  • Nicaragua 0.67
  • Vietnam 0.25
  • Honduras 0.18

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
United States1.73.5
China0.012
Nicaragua00.67
Vietnam00.25
Honduras00.18

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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