The changes in tariff policies that have spread throughout the world have influenced the slowdown in Mexican manufacturing production, which fell 0.1% in April 2025 compared to last March, and also showed an annual decrease of 0.9% , according to the results of the Monthly Survey of the Manufacturing Industry (EMIM) published this Monday by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) .
According to the agency, the decline in this indicator permeated manufacturing jobs, which in the fourth month of the year decreased 0.4% in terms of personnel employed in its monthly measurement, thus linking three months of decline .
By type of contract, the number of employees employed by the company decreased by 0.2%, while the number of employees employed by a company —those hired and provided by another company and on fees or commissions without a fixed salary or wage—decreased by 1.5% monthly.
Hours worked grew by 0.5% monthly, while average real wages paid —that is, salaries, wages, and social benefits—recorded a 1.5% increase compared to the previous month.
The largest decline was recorded in the textile input and textile finishing sector , with a 9.6% decrease, followed by tanning and finishing of leather and skin, and the manufacture of leather, skin and substitute materials products , with a 9.4% decrease, as well as the manufacture of clothing , with a 9.3% annual decrease.
The textile and footwear industries have been among the hardest hit by unfair marketing practices. Just last June 11, the Ministry of Economy (SE) announced that it had canceled and suspended Ensenada Textiles and Lancer Orthodontics from the Manufacturing, Maquiladora, and Export Services Industry (IMMEX) programs after detecting irregularities in their export-import processes.
The federal agency indicated in a statement that these actions were carried out in response to the fight against illegal activity in the textile and footwear sectors.
It should be noted that on December 19, 2024, a decree was published imposing a 35% tariff on 138 tariff items corresponding to manufactured textiles, including footwear products, as part of the measures to protect this industry.
The EMIM, which tracks the performance of the main variables associated with employment in the manufacturing sector, registered a decline last April, following the trend seen in March when it fell 2% monthly, and after having shown a rebound in February of 2.6% compared to January 2025.
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