# Mexico Export Playbook for North America

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Compare buyer markets, access conditions, and calculated product opportunities in North America. Use this guide to prioritize research, not to treat calculated indicators as guaranteed sales.

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## Overview

- Exporter: Mexico (MEX)
- Region: North America
- Latest trade year: 2024
- Buyer markets: 2
- Calculated three-year opportunity: $897.5B
- Reported FTA markets: 2
- Average reported distance: 3,318 km
- Average business entry indicator: 3 days

## Market comparison

| Market | ISO3 | Opportunity | Products | FTA | Distance | Entry days | Top product |
| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands | USA | $774.7B | 156 | Reported | 3,369 km | 4 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude |
| Canada | CAN | $122.8B | 40 | Reported | 3,267 km | 2 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude |

## Product and market opportunities

| Rank | Market | Product | Opportunity | Buyer growth | Current share |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 270900 - Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $102.4B | +4.7% | +6.9% |
| 2 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 851712 - Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $53.5B | +11.8% | +0.4% |
| 3 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 847130 - Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $32.3B | +3.8% | +2.2% |
| 4 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 293719 - Polypeptide hormones, protein hormones and glycoprotein hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues: other than somatotropin, (its derivatives and structural anaologues) and insulin and its salts | $29.5B | +24.6% | +0.0% |
| 5 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 300215 - Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $25.9B | +24.1% | +0.0% |
| 6 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 850760 - Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $23.8B | +16.4% | +3.1% |
| 7 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 300214 - Blood, human or animal, antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products: immunological products, mixed, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | $23.5B | +33.7% | +0.0% |
| 8 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 847180 - Data processing machines: automatic, units thereof n.e.s. in heading no. 8471 | $23.1B | +9.4% | +8.2% |
| 9 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 711590 - Metal: precious or metal clad with precious metal, other than that of item no. 7115.10 | $20.2B | +21.5% | +0.0% |
| 10 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 870340 - Vehicles: with both spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine and electric motor for propulsion, incapable of being charged by plugging to external source of electric power | $18.0B | +30.3% | +0.2% |
| 11 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 300490 - Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.s. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale | $17.7B | +14.0% | +1.1% |
| 12 | Canada (CAN) | HS 270900 - Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $12.9B | +5.6% | +0.2% |
| 13 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 950300 - Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds | $12.8B | +3.8% | +5.8% |
| 14 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 847330 - Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $10.9B | +1.2% | +10.2% |
| 15 | Canada (CAN) | HS 271012 - Product description unavailable | $10.1B | +10.8% | +0.0% |
| 16 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 293359 - Heterocyclic compounds: containing a pyrimidine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) or piperazine ring in the structure, (other than malonylurea (barbituric acid) and its derivatives),and loprazolam, mecloqualone, methaqualone, zipeprol and salts thereof | $8.5B | +11.1% | +0.0% |
| 17 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 854140 - Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $8.1B | +12.1% | +1.3% |
| 18 | Canada (CAN) | HS 870431 - Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion piston engine, for transport of goods, (of a g.v.w. not exceeding 5 tonnes), nes in item no 8704.1 | $7.8B | +6.2% | +16.7% |
| 19 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 300220 - Vaccines: for human medicine | $7.6B | +18.6% | +0.0% |
| 20 | USA, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands (USA) | HS 870324 - Vehicles: spark-ignition internal combustion reciprocating piston engine, cylinder capacity exceeding 3000cc | $7.5B | +0.2% | +1.9% |

## Sector opportunities

| Sector | Products | Reported buyer imports | Opportunity | Average growth |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| HS2 85 - HS2 sector 85 | 19 | $231.0B | $133.1B | +10.2% |
| HS2 27 - HS2 sector 27 | 8 | $196.5B | $132.2B | +6.9% |
| HS2 84 - HS2 sector 84 | 17 | $187.2B | $102.1B | +5.6% |
| HS2 30 - HS2 sector 30 | 10 | $206.8B | $90.8B | +15.3% |
| HS2 87 - HS2 sector 87 | 18 | $136.5B | $71.3B | +14.8% |
| HS2 29 - HS2 sector 29 | 7 | $37.6B | $46.8B | +12.6% |
| HS2 71 - HS2 sector 71 | 8 | $88.7B | $46.6B | +11.1% |
| HS2 95 - HS2 sector 95 | 6 | $32.4B | $28.1B | +5.9% |

## Frequently asked questions

### Should Mexico focus on North America?

Use the market ranking as a starting point, then check product fit, buyer requirements, route costs, tariffs, standards, and competitive conditions.

### What does calculated opportunity mean?

It is a screening indicator built from demand and exporter-position signals. It is not a confirmed order, sales forecast, or guarantee of market entry.

### How should exporters use this page?

Prioritize one market and product combination, then validate buyers, compliance, logistics, pricing, and continuity before making a commercial decision.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate buyers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and competition before acting.

Yugalinks presents derived views for research and planning. [Read the full methodology](https://www.yugalinks.com/methodology).

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [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)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.