Mexico’s heavy-truck exports plunges 22% as light-vehicle demand also dips

Mexico’s automotive manufacture posted crisp declines crossed cars, airy trucks and heavy-duty commercialized vehicles successful November, arsenic roadworthy blockades, labour stoppages and softer planetary request disrupted mill operations and slowed exports.

The country’s heavy-vehicle manufacturers — tractor-trailers, trucks and buses —  recorded important declines successful November, according to information from Mexico’s National Association of Bus, Truck and Tractor Producers (Anpact).

Production: 13,108 units (-28% year-over-year)

Exports: 10,367 units (-21.9%)

Wholesale sales: 2,809 units (-56.9%)

The 16 members of Anpact successful Mexico are Freightliner, Kenworth, Navistar, Hino, International, DINA, MAN SE, Mercedes-Benz, Isuzu, Scania, Shacman Trucks, Foton, Cummins, Detroit Diesel, Daimler Buses Mexico and Volkswagen Buses.

Freightliner was the apical motortruck shaper and exporter successful Mexico successful November, producing 7,545 trucks, a 24.7% year-over-year decline. The motortruck shaper exported 7,099 units during April, a 19.1% year-over-year decrease.

International Trucks Inc. was the No. 2 shaper and exporter during the month, manufacturing 4,044 trucks, a 25.3% year-over-year decrease. The motortruck maker’s exports fell 23.3% year-over-year to 2,949 units during the month.

Rogelio Arzate, president of Mexico City-based Anpact, said the declines successful year-over-year exports and accumulation successful November was caused by tariffs and proviso concatenation uncertainty created by the U.S., the main export marketplace for Mexico’s heavy-duty motortruck marketplace (94.4%).

“The uncertainty is what caused what has been expressed successful the reports each month, not knowing wherever the commercialized policies and tariffs successful the United States volition extremity up, and the information that we are presently paying 25 percent connected non-American content, and that has had an impact,” Arzate said during a quality league connected Tuesday.

Rolling protests and roadworthy blockades by farmers and truckers crossed Mexico person besides impacted large borderline crossings implicit the past respective weeks, stranding thousands of freight trucks carrying goods to the U.S.

Mexico assembled 322,205 cars and airy trucks successful November, down 8.4% year-over-year. Exports totaled 279,342 units, a 3.4% diminution from November 2024.

Exports continued to skew heavy toward the U.S., which absorbed 78.6% of shipments from January to November (2.48 cardinal vehicles). Canada followed with an 11% stock and Germany with 3%.

Light trucks continued to predominate assembly lines, accounting for 77.2% of nationalist production, underscoring their value successful Mexico’s export mix.