Background on Querétaro’s Export Sector
Querétaro, Mexico – Following a decline in the early months of 2025, exports of transport equipment in Querétaro experienced a positive turnaround during the third quarter. According to the Exportations Trimestrales por Entidad Federativa (ETEF) report by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), Querétaro’s transport equipment exports reached $2,397.5 million in July-September 2025, marking a 9.3% increase compared to the same period in 2024.
Context and Challenges
This improvement comes after a period of uncertainty caused by tariff measures implemented by the United States, Querétaro’s primary export destination for automotive parts. In the first nine months of 2025, transport equipment exports totaled $6,649.3 million, representing a 1.2% decrease from the same period in 2024.
Other Sectors’ Performance
Several sectors in Querétaro reported negative annual growth in the January-September 2025 accumulated figures, including:
- Printing and related industries: -32.9%
- Beverage and tobacco industry: -29.2%
- Machinery and equipment manufacturing: -18.1%
- Agriculture: -14.8%
- Chemical industry: -12.5%
- Paper industry: -10.2%
Single-digit declines were also observed in the manufacturing of accessories, electrical appliances, and electric power generation equipment (-7.8%), as well as clothing manufacturing (-5.1%).
Growing Sectors
Despite the challenges, some industries saw significant export growth:
- Basic metals: 180.7%
- Textile manufacturing (excluding clothing): 33.1%
- Metal products: 29.2%
- Non-metallic minerals products: 16.3%
- Food industry: 5.2%
- Computing equipment, components, and electronic accessories: 5.2%
- Plastics and rubber industry: 3.3%
Querétaro’s Total Exports and Key Sectors
Querétaro’s total exports amounted to $13,205.6 million between January and September 2025, experiencing a 2.3% annual decline, according to Inegi.
Transport equipment exports remain the primary contributor to Querétaro’s exports, accounting for 50.4% of the total value. The second-largest sector is manufacturing of accessories, electrical appliances, and electric power generation equipment, contributing 12.9%. Lastly, machinery and equipment manufacturing accounts for 8.1% of Querétaro’s exports.
Key Questions and Answers
- What is the main topic of this article? The article discusses the significant improvement in Querétaro’s transport equipment exports during Q3 2025, following a period of decline earlier in the year.
- Why did Querétaro’s exports face challenges in early 2025? The challenges were primarily due to tariff measures implemented by the United States, Querétaro’s primary export destination for automotive parts.
- Which sectors in Querétaro reported negative growth in 2025? Several sectors, including printing and related industries, beverage and tobacco industry, machinery and equipment manufacturing, agriculture, chemical industry, paper industry, accessories manufacturing, electrical appliances, and electric power generation equipment, reported negative growth.
- Which sectors in Querétaro saw significant export growth in 2025? Basic metals, textile manufacturing (excluding clothing), metal products, non-metallic minerals products, food industry, computing equipment, components, and electronic accessories, plastics and rubber industry reported significant export growth.
- What percentage of Querétaro’s exports are contributed by transport equipment? Transport equipment exports account for 50.4% of Querétaro’s total export value.
