The  National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi)  released this Friday the results of the  Annual Transportation Survey (EAT) , in which the Mexican logistics sector showed dynamism during 2024.

According to the report, in revenue from the supply of goods and services, the greatest growth was observed in specialized freight transport , with an increase of 38.8% in 2024. Services related to water transport and general freight transport also saw significant progress, registering increases of 23.7% and 25.2%, respectively, during the past year.

Scheduled air transport showed a moderate increase of 16.8% last year. Meanwhile, freight forwarding and warehousing services saw their revenues fall by 2.2% and 4.5%, respectively, during 2024.

According to INEGI, revenues from the supply of goods and services for rail transport increased by 10.7 percent. Meanwhile, revenues from services related to road transport grew by 22.8 percent last year.

The Inegi reported that revenues from foreign courier and parcel services increased by 8% compared to 2023.

Regarding the employed personnel , the greatest increase was recorded in storage services, with an annual variation of 34.1%; in services related to road transport the increase was 22.9% in 2024.

Regular air transport, rail transport, general freight transport, as well as specialized freight transport, saw increases in jobs of 3%, 15.2%, 14.7% and 19.4 percent.

Services related to water transport reported a 6.1% increase in their workforce, while services related to road transport grew by 22.9%. Freight forwarding services fell by 17.1%, and personnel in long-distance courier and parcel services increased by 10% during the past year.

Overall, men’s participation in rail transport was 93.6 percent. In general, women had a lower participation rate. The sectors with the highest female representation were scheduled air transport and freight forwarding services , with 42.3% and 37%, respectively.

In a year marked by global trade uncertainty due to protectionist measures implemented by the United States, the Mexican logistics sector has remained resilient, even achieving optimal performance that has resulted in positive figures in almost all of its constituent areas.

According to the consulting firm Business Research Insights , the value of Mexico’s freight and logistics market could exceed 92 billion dollars (USD) in 2025 and could reach 141 billion USD in 2034, with a compound annual growth rate of 4.41% during the period.

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The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) announced the results of the Annual Transport Survey (EAT) , in which the logistics sector showed dynamism during 2023. In the contribution to the total value of income from the supply of goods and services, intermediation for cargo transport, with 21.8% , and general cargo road transport, with 14.8%, had the largest share.

According to the report, scheduled air transport had a share of 14.5% and non-scheduled air transport 1.2%. Meanwhile, specialized cargo road transport had a share of 13.1%  and rail transport 6 % .

In the same category, services related to road transport followed with 2.7% , water transport with 2.9% , foreign courier and parcel services with a share of 4.3% , and storage with 4 percent .

In 2023, general cargo transportation obtained 95.5% of its income from its cargo modality , while specialized cargo transportation received up to 98.2 percent of its income from the same modality.

Regular air transport did so with the same modality with 5.3% , and non-regular air transport with 15.8%; the highest income from both was from passenger transport, with 84.9% and 79.5% , respectively. Rail transport obtained 97% of its income from cargo transport, and water transport 91.3% of its income was from the provision of services.

In turn, foreign courier and parcel services received up to 95.3% for their own activities and 1.7% for cargo transportation; meanwhile, storage obtained 96.8% of its income from the provision of services.

The survey indicated that during 2023, the average participation of employed personnel in the transport sector and related services was 20.8% for women and 79.2% for men. Meanwhile, total remunerations were distributed in the order of 22.3% for women and 77.7% for men.

According to Mordor Intelligence , Mexico’s freight and logistics market size is estimated at  $136.11 billion  in 2024, and is expected to reach  $171.40 billion  by 2029, growing at a CAGR of  4.72%  during this period.

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