Customs revenue showed optimal performance in December 2025, totaling  128,999.21 million pesos (mdp)  in cash flow , a real increase of  29.4% compared to the same period in 2024 , according to statistics from the National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM) .

According to data from the Customs Revenue and Operation Dashboard , both Value Added Tax (VAT) and the Special Tax on Production and Services (IEPS) grew in the last month of 2025. VAT registered an increase of 14.6% compared to December 2024, with 82,849.8 million pesos, while the IEPS totaled 24,235.9 million pesos, representing an increase of 102.1 percent.

Meanwhile, transactions  increased by 2.7% in December 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, totaling 1,688,268. Customs declarations also saw a positive change of 1% , with 906,404 transactions.

ANAM detailed that maritime customs offices saw a real increase in revenue of 40.1%, reaching 72,315.38 million pesos during the reference period. Meanwhile, inland customs offices registered a 39.3% increase, totaling 21,308.55 million pesos in revenue. Customs offices along the northern border showed a real increase of 7.6% in December of last year compared to the same month in 2024, reaching 35,113.02 million pesos.

In December 2025, the Manzanillo maritime customs showed a 6% increase by collecting 16,438.57 million pesos; the Nuevo Laredo customs increased by 6.2% with 16,025.23 million pesos, and  Veracruz registered a decrease of 4.6%, collecting 11,136.99 million pesos.

Cumulative increase

The accumulated revenue from January to December 2025 also showed positive results. ANAM reported a real increase of 15.5% compared to the same period in 2024, totaling a cash flow of 1,449,461.35 million pesos .

During the period, the  IEPS grew 53.8% , totaling 247,639.5 million pesos; while the  VAT registered an increase of 8.3% , with 986,982.8 million pesos.

However, both operations and customs declarations showed declines. Operations  fell  2.3% in 2025 compared to 2024, totaling 21,431,945; and customs declarations totaled 10,824,725 transactions last year, representing a 4% decrease over 2024.

In 2025, Mexican foreign trade showed resilience in an environment marked by volatility and uncertainty, resulting from tariffs imposed by the United States, as well as reforms to the national customs system.

In that context, Mexican exports closed 2025 with positive figures, reaching 60,651 million dollars , which represented an annual increase of 17.2%; while the accumulated value during last year was 664,837 million dollars , which meant an annual growth of 7.6%, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) .

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Despite the uncertainty that global trade has faced due to more aggressive tariff policies, Mexico’s ports ended 2025 with a record of 9,529,886 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) handled, representing a 1.6% increase compared to 2024 , when 9,375,546 TEUs were moved, according to figures from the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) .

In December 2025 alone , there was a slight increase of 0.9% compared to the same month in 2024 , with a total of 804,452 TEUs handled.

Manzanillo, in Colima, remained the leading port at the close of 2025, with a total of 346,003 TEUs in December , which meant an increase of 3.5% compared to the same period in 2024.

However, the accumulated total for January-December of last year showed a slight drop, with 3,893,355 TEUs handled, a decrease of 0.8% compared to the accumulated total for 2024 .

Meanwhile, Lázaro Cárdenas, in Michoacán, totaled 229,012 TEUs moved during December 2025, a growth of 9.2% over the last month of 2024; while in the accumulated total it reached two million 616 thousand 770 TEUs, an increase of 8.7 percent.

The port of Veracruz reported the operation of 101,532 TEUs in the last month of 2025, which meant a slight decrease of 0.1% , and in the January-December period it totaled 1,299,337 TEUs, a decrease of 0.2% compared to the same period in 2024.

Altamira, in Tamaulipas, also registered negative figures. In December 2025, it handled 66,838 TEUs, a drop of 20.7% ; while in the year to date, it moved 887,101 TEUs, a decrease of 3.5% compared to 2024.

Regarding the percentage of containers moved during December, Manzanillo accounted for 43%; Lázaro Cárdenas 28.4%, Veracruz 12.6%, and Altamira 8.3% of the total operations.

The performance of Mexico’s main ports during 2025 reflected a landscape of resilience and adaptation in the face of international trade instability . Although some ports, such as Altamira, experienced declines, the sustained growth in Lázaro Cárdenas and the partial recovery of Manzanillo demonstrate that the National Port System maintains its responsiveness and remains a key driver of Mexico’s competitiveness.

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