Despite the trade tensions prevailing worldwide due to tariff policy, total trade in goods between Mexico and the United States amounted to $74.357 billion during July 2025 , according to data from the United States Department of Commerce , confirming Mexico as the main trading partner of the American Union.
Last July, the United States granted Mexico a new 90-day extension to impose a general 30% tariff on Mexican products, which would take effect on August 1 of this year , giving the Mexican government some breathing space to continue negotiations. However, tariffs on strategic sectors such as the 25% tariff on automotive products, as well as 50% on steel, aluminum, and copper, remain in effect.
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade volume between Mexico and its northern neighbor surpassed that of other key partners. Canada registered trade of $58.27 billion . In the case of China, trade with the United States was $35.71 billion .
In the seventh month of the year, Mexican exports to the United States totaled $45.366 billion, representing an 8.2% increase compared to the same period last year , when $41.909 billion were recorded. This figure not only demonstrates the strength of Mexican exports, but also surpassed exports from Canada, which reached $32.172 billion, and from China, which reached $26.411 billion during the same period.
Meanwhile, U.S. sales of goods to Mexico totaled $28.99 billion , a 1% increase from $28.69 billion in July 2024. By comparison, Canada imported $26.097 billion in goods to the United States, and China imported just $9.298 billion.
Mexico’s trade balance showed a surplus of $16.375 billion last July , reflecting the country’s role as one of the main exporters to the U.S. economy.
Despite tensions with the United States over tariffs, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum emphasized in her First State of the Union address , presented on September 1, that the country has managed to consolidate a relationship of mutual respect with the United States.
In the run-up to the next revision of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) , scheduled for July 2026, a trade reconfiguration in North America will be determined, as well as strategies to strengthen the relationship between the partner countries of this trilateral agreement.
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