Alejandro Alegría
La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, November 26, 2025, p. 11
The road and customs blockades, which continued on Tuesday for the second consecutive day, “significantly” affect the supply chain of the automotive industry, the country’s main exporter, both in Mexico and the United States, the most important organizations in the sector said.
In a joint statement, the Mexican Associations of the Automotive Industry, the National Association of Producers of Buses, Trucks and Tractors, the Mexican Association of Automotive Distributors and the National Auto Parts Industry warn that the situation compromises export operations to comply with international commitments.
“The blockades of roads, railways and customs facilities are significantly harming the transportation and delivery of both components and vehicles,” indicated the organizations, which are the main ones in the sector.
“This is compromising Mexico’s ability to provide inputs to plants in the United States, the foreign trade operations of the industry (the country’s main export sector) and the availability of both units and spare parts for the domestic market,” they emphasize.
Although the automotive industry points out that it understands that this is a social problem, it asks transporters and farmers’ organizations to use alternatives so as not to affect the country’s economy, and requested that they free up the roads.
Damage to the food sector
The National Chamber of the Transformation Industry pointed out that the automotive sector is not the only one affected by the road protests, but also the food chain.
María de Lourdes Medina Ortega, leader of the private organization, pointed out that so far the damage caused by these social movements has not been quantified. However, he recalled that the protests at the end of October throughout the country and others at the beginning of November caused damages of 37 billion pesos.
The National Association of Transporters, which is leading the road and customs blockades along with the National Front for the Rescue of the Mexican Countryside, announced that the closures will continue.
“So far there is no dialogue that offers solutions to our demand for road safety, solutions to the needs of truck drivers and operators, fair prices for the countryside and modification of the water law,” they indicated.
