Mexico Sees Record-Breaking US $21.4B in First Quarter FDI
- In the first three months of 2025, Mexico achieved a record foreign direct investment inflow of $21.4 billion, marking its highest level to date.
- This record increase of 5.4% followed a year of low FDI levels linked to economic concerns and preceded the launch of Plan Mxico to attract investment.
- Plan Mxico includes tax incentives and the creation of 14 development hubs across Mexico, such as the partially operational Isthmus of Tehuantepec corridor connecting coasts.
- Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard highlighted that foreign direct investment increased in the first quarter, with capital entering Mexico through multiple channels, citing Unilever’s $1.5 billion investment as a key example.
- The growth in FDI implies increased industrial development nationwide, which the government expects will promote shared prosperity and economic well-being.
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Foreign Investment: Trust in Mexico
The Secretary of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard, reported that in the first quarter of the year the arrival of foreign direct investment (FDI) was recorded for 21.4 billion dollars, the highest amount that has entered the country for this concept in an equivalent period. As the official pointed out, the most remarkable thing about this flow of capital lies in the complexity of the global environment in which it occurs, with companies all over the world…
Mexico sees record-breaking US $21.4B in first quarter FDI
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Mexico hit a new record high of US $21.4 billion in the first quarter of 2025, Economy Minister Marcelo Ebrard reported Thursday. “It’s the highest [first quarter total] we’ve ever had,” Ebrard said at President Claudia Sheinbaum’s morning press conference. “…It’s very good news because it was a complicated quarter on the international stage” he said, referring primarily to the protectionist policies implemente…
Foreign Direct Investment Recorded Historical in 1Q25: Growing 165%
Mexico recorded a new historical peak in the acquisition of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during the first quarter of 2025, reaching 21 thousand 373 million current dollars. This amount represents an increase of 5.4 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, according to data provided by the Secretariat of Economy. However, the most prominent figure in this report is the growth of 165 percent in new investments during the first …
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