In July 2026, Mexican industrial activity grew 0.5% compared to last June , driven mainly by the construction and manufacturing sectors, according to the results of the Monthly Indicator of Industrial Activity (IMAI), prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) .
In its annual measurement, the indicator, which stood at a level of 102.5 in the seventh month of the year, also showed a positive behavior with an increase of 2.4 percent .
According to the agency’s figures, two of the four components of the IMAI had a positive performance in July 2026 on a monthly basis, with the construction sector showing the largest increase at 0.9 percent.
Manufacturing industries followed with an increase of 0.7%; while the generation, transmission, distribution and marketing of electricity, water supply and natural gas by pipeline to the end consumer remained unchanged on a monthly basis.
Conversely, the mining industry was the only component with a negative result in the period, which fell 1.8% on a monthly basis.
In the year-on-year comparison, construction registered an increase of 6.7%, mining increased 1.6%, manufacturing industries rose 1.3%; and generation, transmission, distribution and marketing of electricity, water supply and natural gas by pipeline to the final consumer advanced 0.7 percent.
The July IMAI result shows an advance in Mexican industrial activity, with a good performance, in general terms, of the components that make it up, both on a monthly and annual rate.
Within the indicator, the manufacturing industries maintained a positive performance , reflecting the importance of this sector, which is one of the most relevant in the country, as it represents about 20% of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and more than 80% of total merchandise exports.
In that sense, the manufacture of computer, communication, measurement and other electronic equipment, components and accessories was one of the subsectors with the highest annual growth rate, with an increase of 14.2 percent.
According to Inegi, the Monthly Indicator of Industrial Activity provides timely statistical information that allows us to know and monitor the monthly evolution of the economic activities of the country’s industrial sector.
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