Mexico continues to post strong FDI momentum, with fresh manufacturing, logistics, and infrastructure moves underscoring the country’s nearshoring positioning and policy push under “Plan Mexico.” Recent data also confirm that 2025 FDI inflows are tracking above 2024 levels, led by manufacturing, auto parts, and energy-linked infrastructure.
Mexico attracted $40.906 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (hashtag#FDI) during the third quarter of 2025 (3Q25) , a 15% increase compared to the same period in 2024, announced Marcelo Ebrard, head of the Ministry of Economy (SE) , who considered the figure reached in the period a new record .
“We are going to reach almost 41 billion dollars, that’s what we have this last quarter. If we compare it to 2024, it grew 15%,” Ebrard highlighted at the morning press conference this Wednesday. This pace of FDI, he explained, “means that investors from all over the world are deciding to invest in Mexico in a greater proportion than we had even expected.”
Of the total FDI in the period, the federal official highlighted that new investments were the area that showed the greatest dynamism in the cycle, going from two billion dollars to six billion five hundred million dollars .
“New investments in a country. That is, they are not reinvestments, but new investments,” he emphasized, adding that the sectors that will benefit are energy, data centers, infrastructure projects, and the financial sector.
Meanwhile, hashtag#manufacturing accounted for 37.1% of total FDI, followed by financial services with 25.1%, construction with 5%; and transportation, postal and storage services with 4.8%, according to figures presented by Ebrard. hashtag#MexicoManufacturing
According to SE data, as of the third quarter of 2025, reinvestment of profits accounted for 68%, new investments for 16%, and intercompany accounts for 16%.
The hashtag United States accounted for 39.46% of total investment flows, confirming its strategic importance as hashtag#Mexico’s main investment partner. It was followed by Spain with 14.09%, Japan with 7.05%, the Netherlands with 6.31%, and Canada with 5.61%.
By state, Mexico City remains the top destination for foreign investment, accounting for 55.77% of the total. It was followed by Nuevo León with 10.15%, the State of Mexico with 7.74%, Baja California with 4.36%, and Coahuila with 2.88% as of Q3 2025.
From 2018 to 2025, foreign direct investment in Mexico has grown by 69%, the Secretary of Economy pointed out, emphasizing that this represents “constant growth, but it is accelerating.”
He explained that the figure reached in the period means that investors have confidence in the Mexican government and consolidates a trend of growth in FDI in the country, since good results were also obtained in the previous quarter, with an FDI of 34 billion 265 million dollars .
Ebrard also reported that Mexican exports continue to rise , despite an adverse economic and geopolitical environment, framed by the United States’ tariff policy.
In that regard, he indicated that shipments of goods abroad grew 48% from 2020 to 2024, going from 417 billion dollars to 617 billion dollars , with an annual growth rate of 10.5% in the reference period.
FDI inflows remain on a record trajectory, with USMCA-driven trade and nearshoring announcements sustaining investor interest despite global uncertainty.
Manufacturing, auto parts, logistics, and energy/infra continue to dominate new projects, especially in northern and Bajío states.
“Plan Mexico” tax incentives and simplified procedures are now a central policy lever to lock in nearshoring, with an explicit 2025–2030 horizon.
Industrial activity in Mexico grows 0.7% in October and achieves better result in 8 months. Mexico's industrial activity advanced 0.8% monthly in October, in seasonally adjusted figures, its greatest increase in the last 8 months, thanks to a strong rebound in construction that overshaded the weakness of manufacturing, reported the National Institute of Statistics and Geography.
Mexico is projecting nearly 41 billion USD in FDI for 2025, a 15% year‑on‑year increase, with new investments (not reinvestment) jumping from 2 billion USD to 6.5 billion USD in the latest reported cycle.
New capital is concentrating in sectors tied to energy, data centers, infrastructure and financial services, reflecting investor appetite for assets backing nearshoring and digitalization.
Manufacturing plants and industrial projects
In Durango, the Coficab II expansion reinforces the state’s Industrial Logistics Center, taking the firm’s cumulative investment above 170 million USD and employment beyond 1,400, with over 60 million USD tied to the new phase. Coficab, a Tunisian company, inaugurated its second plant in Durango, an investment of over $60 million, bringing its total investment in the state to more than $170 million. The company specializes in electrical cables for the automotive industry and also has a presence in Silao, Monterrey, and Juárez
Bayon Precision Automotive committed 28 million USD in San Luis Potosí for an EV‑focused aluminum die‑casting plant, while MLS México plans a 261.7 million USD LED‑lighting complex in Durango, collectively adding several thousand specialized jobs through 2030.
Grupo Cimarrón, a Chihuahua-based company that markets sweets, beverages, nuts, and seeds, will invest $20 million in a new plant in Toluca. Eighty percent of its production is exported to the United States.
Mercado Libre inaugurated its 14th distribution center in Mexico, located in Sinaloa, as part of a $5 million investment in the state. It has an area of 10,000 m2
Tongling Mexico has officially commenced construction of its new manufacturing plant in the Marabis Castro del Río hashtag#IndustrialPark in Irapuato, with an investment exceeding US$91 million.
With an investment exceeding $80 million, the new BunLan plant was inaugurated this Wednesday in Delicias, Chihuahua. Bun Lan specializes in hashtag#manufacturing injection-molded plastic components for the automotive and security industries, including sensors, control panels, and alarm devices. Its establishment in Delicias marks a strategic advancement in attracting industries related to automation and Industry 4.0 processes, which require specialized technical personnel and offer above-average regional salaries.
Nissan starts expansion of 120,000 m² in Aguascalientes to produce pick-ups. Nissan began the expansion of its A1 plant in Aguascalientes, adding more than 120,000 m² to produce its first pick-up in the state.
Smurfit Westrock is making a significant investment of $65 million in the development of a new plant in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, aimed at producing corrugated cardboard packaging for breweries and food companies.
Stellantis Allocates More Production to Its Saltillo and Toluca Plants and Launches New Brand in Mexico. The Saltillo complex will manufacture the RAM 1500, and Toluca will assemble the Cherokee Hybrid and the Recon Electric, part of Stellantis' plan to expand its portfolio, employment, and production presence in hashtag Mexico.
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