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Trade between Germany and Mexico

In 2024, Germany exported $19.4 billion to Mexico and imported $9.9 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $9.5 billion with Mexico, compared with a surplus of $7.1 billion in 2019. Mexico was Germany’s 24th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Mexico’s 4th (2%).

Summary

Germany → Mexico
$19.4billion
Mexico → Germany
$9.9billion
Germany’s balance
$9.5billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Mexico

Trade between Germany and Mexico grew 9.5-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Germany’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 19.4
  • Imports 9.9
  • Balance +9.5

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2.3 billion$725 million$1.6 billion
1996$3.1 billion$738 million$2.3 billion
1997$3.8 billion$781 million$3 billion
1998$4.3 billion$1.2 billion$3.1 billion
1999$5 billion$2 billion$3 billion
2000$5.7 billion$1.7 billion$4 billion
2001$5.8 billion$1.8 billion$4.1 billion
2002$5.9 billion$1.3 billion$4.6 billion
2003$6.1 billion$1.8 billion$4.3 billion
2004$6.8 billion$2.1 billion$4.7 billion
2005$8.5 billion$2.6 billion$5.9 billion
2006$9.2 billion$3.8 billion$5.4 billion
2007$10.3 billion$5.1 billion$5.3 billion
2008$11.7 billion$6.5 billion$5.2 billion
2009$8.8 billion$4.3 billion$4.4 billion
2010$10.3 billion$4.9 billion$5.5 billion
2011$12 billion$6 billion$6 billion
2012$12.9 billion$5.5 billion$7.4 billion
2013$13 billion$5 billion$8 billion
2014$13.1 billion$4.7 billion$8.4 billion
2015$13.3 billion$4.8 billion$8.5 billion
2016$13.3 billion$5.5 billion$7.9 billion
2017$15.8 billion$9.1 billion$6.7 billion
2018$17.9 billion$9.1 billion$8.8 billion
2019$17 billion$9.8 billion$7.1 billion
2020$13.7 billion$8.8 billion$4.8 billion
2021$16 billion$8.8 billion$7.2 billion
2022$17.4 billion$9.5 billion$7.9 billion
2023$21.4 billion$10.9 billion$10.5 billion
2024$19.4 billion$9.9 billion$9.5 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Mexico

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Auto parts$2.4 billion · 12.4%
    173 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Cars$989 million · 5.1%
    49 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Airplanes and helicopters$839 million · 4.3%
    465 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$808 million · 4.2%
    4 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Other industrial machines$654 million · 3.4%
    22 thousand tonnes
  6. Low-voltage switches and connectors$475 million · 2.5%
    32 thousand tonnes
  7. Other plastic articles$373 million · 1.9%
    15 thousand tonnes
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$342 million · 1.8%
    132 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Microchips$306 million · 1.6%
    108 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  10. Dishwashers and packing machines$296 million · 1.5%
    6 thousand tonnes

What Mexico sells to Germany

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$4 billion · 40.5%
    235 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  2. Crude petroleum$706 million · 7.2%
    1.3 million tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  3. Cameras and broadcast equipment$399 million · 4.1%
    1 thousand tonnes
  4. Medical and dental instruments$347 million · 3.5%
    3 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  5. Auto parts$320 million · 3.3%
    20 thousand tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  6. Computers$260 million · 2.6%
    621 tonnes · Mexico’s destinations
  7. Control panels$223 million · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes
  8. Orthopedic and hearing devices$217 million · 2.2%
    232 tonnes
  9. Computer and office machine parts$199 million · 2%
    679 tonnes
  10. Microphones and speakers$159 million · 1.6%
    1 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Manzanillo.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Manzanillo is 7,086 nautical miles (13,124 km) long: ≈ 16.5–21 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Dover and Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$19 billion · 64.8%
  2. Air$10.3 billion · 35.2%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Mexico was Germany’s 24th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Germany was Mexico’s 4th (2%).

Mexico in Germany’s trade
1%
Mexico’s rank among Germany’s partners
24th
Germany in Mexico’s trade
2.5%
Germany’s rank among Mexico’s partners
4th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Mexico

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.