The export of new cars by sea in Mexico has shown a constant acceleration in the first half of this year (1H24).
In the accumulated January-June 2024, Mexican ports had handled 697,565 units sent abroad , a figure 18% higher when compared to the record for the first half of 2023, according to statistics from the General Coordination of Ports and Merchant Marine (CGPMM) , of the Secretary of the Navy (Semar) .
However, in detail, not all ports have maintained this growth rate.
On the Mexican Pacific side, the ports total 125,273 units , this is 15% lower in the interannual comparison.
In this case, the port of Mazatlán suffers a year-on-year drop of 59% in automobile exports, adding only 2,423 units.
The port of Lázaro Cárdenas , for its part, totals 122,850 cars sent abroad, 13.3% less than in 1H23.
A different story is told on the Gulf of Mexico side , with 572,292 units maneuvered in total or 29.1% more.
On this coast, the port of Altamira has been the “winner”, with 243,820 cars exported in the reference period, 54.8% more.
The port of Veracruz , the port with the highest automotive activity in the Gulf, adds 279,671 units in the first half of 2024, a year-on-year decrease of just 2 percent.
Two special cases have been the ports of Tuxpan and Progreso which, if they had no export records last year, in the first half of 2024 they total 48,798 and three, respectively.
Imports in decline
Meanwhile, the import activity of new automobiles through the port route in Mexico added its fourth consecutive month of negative records in June.
In general, imports totaled 432,557 new units in 1H24 or a year-on-year drop of 7.8 percent.
The Gulf ports have been the ones that have pushed this general decline, with 133,382 units (-32%), while on the Pacific side there is a record of 299,175 cars (+10%) , driven by the arrival of new brands of Asian origin.
The boost in imports has been manifested in the port of Mazatlán, with 91,572 units (+67.1%).
The other ports show negative or insignificant figures .
In general, Mexican ports have operated 1,130,122 units in the first half of this year in high-altitude services (import and export), a figure 6.6% higher than that shown in the first half of last year.
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