In September 2025, manufacturing orders registered their third consecutive month of decline, falling below the 50-point threshold, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) .
The Manufacturing Orders Indicator (MPI) showed a monthly decrease of 0.6 units in the ninth month of the year.
The IPM, which presents the expectations and perceptions of business executives regarding the performance of the manufacturing sector in Mexico, also registered negative figures in its annual measurement, with a drop of 3.1 points .
Within the IPM, monthly declines were recorded in three of the five components that comprise it.
In the ninth month of the year, timeliness in the delivery of inputs from suppliers saw the greatest decline, with a decrease of 2.7 units compared to last August. This was followed by orders and input inventory , each with a decrease of 1.6 points during the period.
On the other hand, production and employed personnel increased by 0.9 and 0.3 units monthly, respectively, during the reference period.
By subsector groupings comprising the IPM, those that showed the greatest annual declines were computer equipment, electronic accessories, and electrical appliances, with 7.5 points.
This was followed by non-metallic minerals and basic metals , with a decline of 4.2 points, and transportation equipment, with a 4.1-point drop year-on-year.
The global economic reconfiguration has disrupted Mexican manufacturing production, affecting orders in this sector.
However, this industry remains one of the driving forces of the Mexican economy and an attractive sector for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), which in the second quarter of 2025 captured 36% of foreign capital .
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