In August 2025, Mexico’s National Customs Agency (ANAM) reported that 116,945.12 million pesos (mdp) were collected , which represented a real increase of just 0.1% compared to the same month in 2024.
According to information from the Customs Operation Board , the Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS) reached 20,359.8 billion pesos , which meant an increase of 42.6%, however, the Value Added Tax (VAT) was 78,694.3 billion pesos , a contraction of 6.8% compared to August of last year.
Meanwhile, transactions and customs clearances reported negative figures . The total number of transactions in August 2025 totaled 1,811,996, a 4.7 percent drop. Import transactions totaled 1,015,348, a 6.5 percent decrease, and export transactions totaled 796,648, a 2.3 percent decrease compared to August 8, 2024.
During the aforementioned period, requests for customs clearances totaled 899,873 , a 6.8% decrease. Import applications were the most affected, with 668,649 applications, representing a 7.6% decrease. Export applications totaled 231,224, a 4.6% decrease.
Regarding revenue collection by type of customs, maritime and inland customs registered increases, while those on the northern border experienced a decline in August 2025. Of the total revenue collected that month, maritime customs reported 60,614.99 billion pesos, a real increase of 2.2%; inland customs collected 19,209.20 billion pesos, a real increase of 3.9%; and those on the northern border totaled 36,916.67 billion pesos, a decrease of 4.7%.
During the cycle, the three customs offices with the highest revenue collections in the country reported declines and stagnation compared to August of last year. Manzanillo was the hardest hit, with a real contraction of 13%, recording 14,901.80 billion pesos; Nuevo Laredo collected 18,011.62 billion pesos, which represented a real decrease of 7.6%; and Veracruz showed no change compared to August 2024, with 12,541.26 billion pesos.
January-August cumulative increases
During the January-August 2025 period, ANAM revealed that an accumulated amount of 953,753.98 billion pesos was collected , a real increase of 18.6% compared to the same period the previous year. VAT increased 13.4%, to 662,487 billion pesos, and the IEPS grew 46%, with 153,493 billion pesos collected.
Meanwhile, the value of merchandise reached 22,734,472 pesos, a 17.2% increase in real terms; meanwhile, the number of accumulated customs clearance applications decreased by 5.2%, with 7,181,124 requests, and transactions fell by 3.4%, with 14,348,723 registrations.
These figures follow the suspension of the 30% general tariff on Mexican products that the United States government was seeking to impose, which was scheduled to begin applying on August 1.
However, although Mexico managed to negotiate a temporary 90-day extension, the international trade environment was impacted by the entry into force of new tariffs on August 7. These tariffs establish a minimum 10% levy for countries that maintain a trade surplus with the United States, with tariffs that can climb to 41%. This has increased uncertainty in global trade flows and could affect Mexico’s customs revenue.
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