# Mexico exports to Cuba: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Mexico to Cuba, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/MEX-CUB/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Mexico reported $131.2M in goods exports to Cuba. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $131.2M | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 64.4% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 1 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 13 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.2 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 47.5% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 150790 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $90.9M | 43.9% | High attention |
| 2 | 761290 | Aluminium: casks, drums, cans, boxes and the like for any material (not compressed or liquefied gas), 300l capacity or less, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, no mechanical or thermal equipment | $17.2M | 65.5% | Critical attention |
| 3 | 160100 | Meat preparations: sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood, and food preparations based on these products | $43.2M | 44.5% | High attention |
| 4 | 340120 | Soap: in forms n.e.c. in item no. 3401.11 | $30.7M | 47.1% | Watch |
| 5 | 490199 | Printed matter: books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter n.e.c. in item no. 4901.10 or 4901.91 | $12.4M | 0% | High attention |
| 6 | 230990 | Dog or cat food: (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding | $15.4M | 78.8% | High attention |
| 7 | 220210 | Waters: including mineral and aerated, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured | $36.6M | 31.3% | Stable |
| 8 | 071333 | Vegetables, leguminous: kidney beans, including white pea beans (phaseolus vulgaris), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried | $18.8M | 63.5% | High attention |
| 9 | 220300 | Beer: made from malt | $129.4M | 12.2% | Watch |
| 10 | 210690 | Food preparations: n.e.s. in item no. 2106.10 | $23.8M | 1.2% | Stable |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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