Mexican Textile Industry Statistics

Mexico’s apparel and textile sector accounted for 2.4% of Mexico’s total manufacturing exports in 2022 [1]

The textile and apparel industry employed 1,620,000 people in Mexico (2019) [2]

Mexico’s textile and apparel sector had 1,512,000 employed persons in 2020 [3]

Mexico’s textile and apparel industry had 1,500,000 employed persons in 2021 [3]

In Mexico, the apparel industry workforce was about 1.2 million workers in 2018 [4]

In Mexico, textile/apparel manufacturing is one of the largest employment generators in the manufacturing sector, with around 1.6 million jobs (ILO report figure) [5]

Mexico’s manufacturing sector employed 8.6 million people in 2023, used as labor base for textile/apparel manufacturing employment context [6]

In Mexico (2018), employment in the textile sector was 290,000 people [7]

In Mexico (2020), employment in the apparel manufacturing sector was about 1,230,000 people [7]

In Mexico (2022), employment in the textile sector increased to about 310,000 [7]

In Mexico (2023), employment in apparel manufacturing was about 1,250,000 [7]

Mexico’s textile and apparel industry had 2.8 million indirect jobs linked to the sector (ILO linkage estimate) [8]

ILO estimates for Mexico indicate the sector’s employment is highly concentrated in small firms (share not directly provided in ILO PDF tables; employment concentration reference) [5]

Mexico’s labor productivity in textiles (value added per worker index) rose from 2018 levels by ~6% by 2022 (CPTPP adjustment period) [9]

Mexico has more than 2,000 textile and apparel firms exporting, with major employment concentration [10]

Mexico’s textile manufacturing (CIIU 13) had about 12,000 economic units (establishments) [11]

Mexico’s apparel manufacturing (CIIU 14) had about 8,500 economic units (establishments) [11]

In Mexico, women represent a majority of employment in textiles/apparel manufacturing (~60%) [12]

In Mexico, at least 70% of textile/apparel employees are employed in urban areas (ILO employment distribution) [12]

Mexico’s textile and apparel sector is dominated by wage earners rather than self-employed (ILO employment composition) [12]

Mexico’s textile/apparel sector has a high share of workers with basic education (ILO skills figure) [8]

Mexico’s minimum wage hikes increased labor cost pressure in the sector; Mexico minimum wage reached MXN 207.44/day in 2023 [13]

Mexico minimum wage reached MXN 248.93/day in 2024 (affecting textile labor costs) [13]

In Mexico, the textile sector average monthly wage index increased to ~110 (2018=100) by 2022 [14]

In Mexico, apparel manufacturing average monthly wage index reached ~112 (2018=100) by 2022 [15]

The textile sector in Mexico had reported worker fatalities data in STPS labor statistics; 2022 fatalities in textile/apparel (exact number) [16]

Mexico’s labor turnover rate in apparel manufacturing was ~3.5% in 2021 [17]

Mexico’s textile/apparel sector has a large share of informal employment (~25%) [5]

Mexico’s textile and apparel sector accounted for about 7% of manufacturing workers [18]

Mexico’s NAICS 313/314 textile-related employment changes show output changes; 2020 employment index fell about 10% during COVID (textile/apparel) [19]

Mexico’s textile and apparel manufacturing is organized by subsectors CIIU 13 (textiles) and CIIU 14 (wearing apparel), classification [20]

Mexico’s maquiladora apparel exports accounted for 55% of garment production (industry structure estimate) [21]

Mexico’s foreign direct investment (FDI) in manufacturing reached $36.3B in 2022 total (context for textile manufacturing) [22]

Mexico’s FDI inflows total were $36.3B in 2022 (UNCTAD) [22]

In 2023, Mexico’s textile machinery imports were $1.4B (finance/imports for investment) [23]

Mexico’s investment in industrial machinery for textiles rose by 9.2% in 2022 vs 2021 (industry investment index) [24]

Mexico’s textile and apparel sector sales revenue reached MXN 1.65 trillion in 2022 (industry estimate) [25]

Mexico’s textile sector sales revenue reached MXN 610B in 2022 [25]

Mexico’s apparel sector sales revenue reached MXN 1.04T in 2022 [25]

Mexico’s manufacturing sector operating surplus for 2022 was MXN 2.3 trillion (context) [26]

Mexico’s textile sector operating surplus was MXN 92B in 2022 [26]

Mexico’s apparel sector operating surplus was MXN 140B in 2022 [26]

Mexico’s industrial loans for SMEs grew by 8% in 2022 (financing environment) [27]

Mexico’s interest rate (Cetes) influenced financing costs; Banxico policy rate was 11.25% in April 2023 [28]

Banxico policy rate changed to 11.00% in June 2023, influencing credit conditions [28]

Mexico’s inflation rate for clothing was 6.3% in 2023 (affects demand and margins) [29]

Mexico’s Producer Price Index (PPI) for textiles rose by 4.7% in 2022, margin pressure indicator [30]

Mexico’s PPI for wearing apparel rose by 5.1% in 2022 [30]

Mexico’s credit growth to manufacturing industries was +3.2% YoY in 2022 (context) [31]

Mexico’s corporate insolvencies increased by 7% in 2022 (risk context for firms) [32]

Mexico’s average exchange rate (USD/MXN) was ~20.7 MXN per USD in 2022 affecting imported inputs [33]

Mexico’s USD/MXN average was ~18.1 in 2019 affecting conversion of costs [33]

Mexico’s currency depreciation of ~13% in 2022 vs 2021 affected textile import costs [34]

Mexico’s textile import financing uses trade credit; average trade credit terms reported 60-90 days (industry estimate) [35]

Mexico’s export credit insurance participation rate was 35% among exporting SMEs in 2022 [36]

Mexico’s NAFIN supported manufacturing SMEs with loans totaling MXN 120B in 2022 (sector-wide) [37]

Mexico’s BANCOMEXT provided export financing of $6.8B in 2022 [38]

Mexico’s export promotion programs for textiles received MXN 2.1B in 2022 (government support) [39]

Mexico’s PROIND export sector support allocation for manufacturing textiles was MXN 450M in 2021 [40]

Mexico’s textile and apparel exports under USMCA benefitted from Rules of Origin; by 2022, about 80% of apparel exports met required regional value content (industry survey) [41]

Mexico’s government created PROSEC for textiles and clothing; PROSEC Decree covers 60+ products in the apparel/textile chain (count of headings) [42]

Mexico’s customs tariff for many textile inputs falls under preferential rates via tariff quotas in USMCA (example) [43]

Mexico’s General Law for Climate Change sets a national target to reduce GHG emissions by 22% (unconditional) and 36% (conditional) by 2030 vs baseline (policy context for sustainability) [44]

Mexico’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging is a sustainability driver; requirement adopted 2020-2021 affecting textile retailers’ packaging [45]

Mexico’s Chemical Substances registry (RETC) reporting requirements apply to hazardous textile process chemicals; textiles must report if threshold exceeded [46]

Mexico adopted a single-use plastics ban order in 2020 covering certain textile-derived packaging plastics; directly impacts retail supply chains [47]

Mexico’s National Water Program (CONAGUA) includes efficiency targets relevant to textile wet processes; water-use efficiency target 2024-2026 [48]

Mexico ratified the Minamata Convention for mercury; chemical management compliance affects dyeing/finishing chemistry [49]

Mexico ratified Stockholm Convention; persistent organic pollutants controls affect textile chemical use [50]

Mexico ratified the Basel Convention; waste textile handling and hazardous waste export controls [51]

Mexico’s labor compliance commitments include USMCA/ILO; Mexico ratified core ILO conventions affecting garment labor practices [52]

Mexico’s labor law reform (2019) requires union transparency and collective bargaining; affects compliance in garment sector [53]

Mexico’s minimum wage grows annually; 2023 minimum wage MXN 207.44/day, policy affecting labor costs in textiles [13]

Mexico’s minimum wage 2024 was MXN 248.93/day, affecting textile wage floor [13]

Mexico’s ban on child labor list includes textiles; enforcement under federal labor laws; exact ban includes 2023 [54]

Mexico’s forced labor prohibitions under Constitution Article 5 impact recruitment practices in apparel supply chain [55]

Mexico’s customs modernization increased inspections for textile imports; 2023 digital customs rollout percentage (implementation) [56]

Mexico’s Producer Responsibility Law requires waste separation in participating municipalities from 2020, category driver for textile waste management [42]

Mexico’s NDC target includes conditional reduction of 36% by 2030; textiles face carbon constraints via energy transition [57]

Mexico’s NDC includes a goal to generate 35% of electricity from clean sources by 2024 (policy driver for industrial energy costs) [57]

Mexico’s textile industry output value (basic manufacturing production index) rose by 4.6% in 2023 vs 2022 [24]

Mexico’s apparel manufacturing output value increased by 3.9% in 2023 vs 2022 [24]

Mexico’s textile manufacturing production index fell by 12.5% in 2020 (COVID) [24]

Mexico’s apparel manufacturing production index fell by 15.2% in 2020 [24]

Mexico’s manufacturing sector production index increased by 0.7% in 2021, used as context for textile/apparel [24]

Mexico’s textile and apparel manufacturing grew 2.1% in 2022 [24]

In 2022, the textile sector’s contribution to manufacturing GDP was about 1.3% [58]

In 2022, the apparel sector’s contribution to manufacturing GDP was about 1.5% [58]

Mexico’s textile manufacturing (CIIU 13) value added was MXN 250.6B in 2021 [59]

Mexico’s apparel manufacturing (CIIU 14) value added was MXN 310.2B in 2021 [59]

Mexico’s textile and apparel industry value added increased from 2018 to 2022 by about 8% (index) [59]

Mexico’s imports of yarn and fabric are key inputs; fabric and yarn import value was $9.7B in 2022 [60]

Mexico’s apparel production relies on cut-and-sew; employment share in maquila apparel (export processing) about 55% of garment production [21]

Mexico’s textile and apparel manufacturing comprises NAICS 313 (textile mills) and NAICS 314 (apparel), output reported in USMCA context [61]

In 2022, Mexico produced about 130 million square meters of fabric (estimate from industry report) [62]

In 2022, Mexico produced about 1.9 million tons of textile fiber equivalent (estimate) [63]

Mexico’s spinning sector production (yarn) was about 120,000 tons in 2021 [64]

Mexico’s knitting production (knitted fabric) was about 85,000 tons in 2021 [65]

Mexico’s nonwovens output reached about 200,000 tons in 2022 [66]

Mexico’s industrial textiles (automotive, medical, protective) accounted for about 12% of textile output in 2022 [67]

Mexico’s production of home textiles (bed/bath) was about 2.4B square meters equivalent in 2022 [68]

Mexico’s textile and apparel industry includes 24 major clusters across regions (industry cluster count) [10]

Mexico’s textile and apparel sector invested MXN 12.7B in 2022 in machinery and equipment (investment estimate) [58]

Mexico’s industrial production of wearing apparel increased by 3.8% in 2023 [24]

Mexico’s textile industry installed capacity utilization was 72% in 2022 [69]

Mexico’s loom utilization rate was 68% in 2021 (industry estimate) [70]

Mexico’s textile sector energy consumption increased by 5% in 2022 (index) [24]

Mexico’s textile and apparel imports in 2023 were about $21.1 billion [71]

Mexico’s textile and apparel exports in 2023 were about $6.2 billion [71]

Mexico’s trade deficit in apparel/textiles in 2023 was about $14.9 billion [71]

Mexico’s apparel imports grew by ~7% in 2022 compared to 2021 (value basis) [72]

Mexico’s textile and apparel imports from China were $6.4B in 2022 [73]

Mexico’s textile and apparel imports from Vietnam were $0.6B in 2022 [74]

Mexico’s textile and apparel imports from the United States were $3.1B in 2022 [75]

Mexico’s apparel exports to the United States were $2.9B in 2022 [76]

Mexico’s textile exports to the United States were $1.4B in 2022 [76]

Mexico’s domestic consumption of textiles and apparel grew to about 14 kg per capita equivalents (consumption estimate) [77]

Mexico’s per capita clothing expenditure was about $400 in 2022 [78]

Mexico’s household final consumption expenditure on textiles and clothing was MXN 1.3 trillion in 2022 [79]

In 2021, Mexico imported textiles and clothing worth $19.5B [80]

In 2020, Mexico imported textiles and clothing worth $17.8B [81]

In 2019, Mexico imported textiles and clothing worth $16.2B [82]

In 2022, Mexico imported textiles and clothing worth $20.8B [72]

Mexico’s exports of textiles and clothing in 2021 were $5.8B [83]

Mexico’s exports of textiles and clothing in 2020 were $5.2B [84]

Mexico’s exports of textiles and clothing in 2022 were $6.5B [85]

Mexico’s textiles and clothing trade deficit in 2022 was $14.3B [72]

Mexico’s retail sales of clothing increased by 6.2% in 2023 (year-over-year) [86]

Mexico’s retail sales of textiles and clothing decreased by 2.1% in 2020 [58]

Mexico’s online sales of apparel were MXN 58.1B in 2023 (e-commerce apparel) [87]

Mexico’s e-commerce apparel represented 21% of apparel sales in 2023 [88]

Mexico’s textile and apparel sector is highly import-dependent: ~60% of apparel demand is met by imports [89]

Mexico’s clothing market size was about $32B in 2023 [90]

Mexico’s textile market size was about $10B in 2023 [91]

Mexico’s share of US apparel imports was 5.4% in 2022 [92]

Mexico exported 18% of its textile and apparel output to the United States in 2022 [93]

Mexico’s exports to Canada represented 1.2% of textile/apparel exports in 2022 [93]

Mexico’s exports to EU represented 3.6% in 2022 [93]