Mexico retains its attractiveness for FDI, as companies’ supply chains are reconfigured following production cuts due to the pandemic, which hit the auto industry hard.
The preliminary figures available to date indicate that from January to March 2022, 19,427.5 million dollars were captured, net result by company or trust, of the difference of 24,313.3 million dollars registered as inflows and 4,885.8 million dollars in outflows.
Preliminary FDI registered to date for January-March 2022 came from: 1,807 companies with foreign capital participation; 1,306 trust agreements; and, 15 foreign legal entities. In addition, it is integrated as follows:
By type of investment (origin of financing): through reinvestment of profits, 47.7%; for new investments, 45.2%; and, for accounts between companies, 7.1%.
By sector: manufacturing, 24.2%; information in mass media, 19.4%; financial and insurance services, 17.2%; transportation, 15.3%; construction, 7.3% and mining, 5.8%. The remaining sectors captured 10.8%.
By country of origin: United States, 39.1%; Spain, 10.8%; Canada 7.1%; France, 3.4%; Argentina, 3.2%; and the United Kingdom, 3.0%, other countries contributed the remaining 33.4%.
In 2021, Mexico captured 31,621.2 million dollars (mdd) in foreign direct investment, which represented an increase of 8.7% compared to 2020, the year of the pandemic.
