Based on the Global Indicator of Economic Activity (IGAE) of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) , last September this index registered a slowdown, settling at 104.2 points, down from 104.9 in the previous August , which is the second best of the year, only below April 2025 with 105.0 points
The behavior shown by the IGAE is reflected in the movement of containers through the National Port System, according to statistics shared by the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine (CGPMM) .
An analysis by T21 Business Intelligence identified that last October there was a drop in the movement of 20-foot containers (TEUs), settling at 804,045, a figure 3% lower than the 828,512 that had been reached in the previous September.
According to CGPMM data, the highest container movement so far this year was reached in August 2025 , with 850,841 TEUs, which coincides with IGAE data.
The cumulative record for container movement in 2025 through October was 7,930,438 TEUs , a figure 2.2% higher than the 7,760,549 TEUs achieved in the same period of 2024.
The behavior of the National Port System is influenced by the main ports, where Manzanillo has a drop in the accumulated total, but Lázaro Cárdenas registered growth close to double digits.
In the review for each port, Manzanillo remains the main port in the country in the movement of containers, reaching last October its second best level of 2025, with 343,154 TEU .
In the accumulated period January–October 2025, Manzanillo totaled three million 223 thousand 363 TEUs , a drop of 0.9% compared to the 2024 record, as shown in the following graph.
As for Lázaro Cárdenas, although the October record of 209,019 TEUs is far from its best record of the year, the accumulated total of 2,161,847 TEUs showed an 8.7% growth compared to the same period in 2024, according to figures collected by T21 Business Intelligence of the CGPMM.
On the Gulf of Mexico coast, the port of Veracruz is the busiest in terms of container traffic, handling 115,326 TEUs last October . This is the third best record for the Veracruz port in 2025.
In cumulative figures to October 2025, Veracruz totaled 1,076,956 TEUs , which was 0.7% lower than the 2024 figure, when it stood at 1,084,291 TEUs.
Here we show the results by port in the monthly movement of containers for both 2024 and 2025.
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