Customs revenue in Mexico declined in April 2026, totaling 109,879.22 million pesos (mdp) in cash flow , representing a real drop of 20.9% compared to the same month in 2025, according to data from the National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM) .
In the fourth month of 2026, Value Added Tax (VAT) also showed a negative performance, falling 18.6% compared to April of the previous year to 76,514.4 million pesos, according to the Customs Revenue and Operations Dashboard . The Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS) maintained the same downward trend, totaling 14,226.9 million pesos, a year-on-year decrease of 47.1%.
Conversely, operations increased 3.3% in April of this year compared to the same period in 2025, with 1,849,338 transactions; customs declarations showed a positive variation of 0.2% compared to the same period last year with 903,404 documents issued.
By customs type, the figures were negative during the fourth month of 2016. Maritime customs saw a year-on-year drop of 26.6%, totaling 56,264.31 million pesos. Inland customs saw their revenue decline by 2.1% year-on-year, reaching 18,835.44 million pesos. Customs on the northern border totaled 34,522.88 million pesos, a decrease of 19.2% during the period.
Meanwhile, the country’s main customs offices reported losses in April 2026. Veracruz fell 31.6% compared to the same period in 2025, collecting 9,279.52 million pesos; Nuevo Laredo contracted 13% with 16,725.16 million pesos; and Manzanillo decreased 3.9% annually , collecting 15,960.46 million pesos.
In the cumulative figures for January-April 2026 , the numbers were also not very favorable compared to the same period in 2025. A total of 433,081.82 million pesos was collected , a real decrease of 11.6 percent. VAT fell 17.9% to 288,450.6 million pesos; and the IEPS (Special Tax on Production and Services) increased 9.7% year-on-year to 71,802.7 million pesos.
Meanwhile, operations in the first four months of 2026 showed an increase of 0.8% over the same period in 2025 with seven million 103 thousand 963 procedures; and customs declarations contracted 1.4% annually, totaling three million 487 thousand 657.
Despite negative customs revenue figures in April 2016, Mexican foreign trade continued to grow. In the fourth month of the year, exports totaled $72.042 billion, representing a 32.6% year-on-year increase and setting a new record, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) .
This increase resulted from the rise in non-oil exports, specifically manufactured goods, followed by extractive and agricultural exports.
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