According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), heavy vehicle production decreased 26.68% during the third month of 2025, with 13,512 units compared to 18,430 trucks last year.
The Mexican heavy vehicle industry suffered the impacts of international volatility, with double-digit declines in truck production, exports, and sales last March, with volumes reaching their lowest level in the last four years.
According to figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), heavy vehicle production decreased 26.68% during the third month of 2025, with 13,512 units compared to 18,430 trucks last year.
Meanwhile, truck exports to the world fell 24.9% last March, with 11,288 units shipped compared to 15,023 units in the same month of 2024.
Truck shipments from Mexico to the United States decreased 25%, with 10,747 units shipped, compared to 14,320 trucks, due to the low economic activity and the uncertainty prevailing among companies in that territory.
"Although volatile market conditions prevail today, heavy vehicles are capital goods that will continue to be necessary for all productive activities and industries on both sides of the border, so the downward trend is temporary," said Rogelio Arzate, president of the National Association of Bus, Truck, and Tractor-Trailer Producers (ANPACT).
This impact has also been felt in the Mexican market, as domestic wholesale sales fell 41.3% and retail sales fell 19.7% during March.
Regarding wholesale sales results for March and the first quarter of the year, the association's president detailed that, during March, 2,796 units were sold, representing a 41.3% drop compared to the same month in 2024. Meanwhile, in the cumulative period from January to March, heavy vehicle sales totaled 7,930 units, 39.3% lower than the 13,071 sold in the same period last year.
"This also represents the lowest level for a first quarter since 2021, when 6,546 units were sold," the executive explained, noting that this decline is the result of a comparison with a record year and the early purchase effect resulting from the entry into force of new environmental regulations," Arzate explained.
For his part, Guillermo Rosales, CEO of the Mexican Association of Automobile Dealers (AMDA), commented that the March results represent the third annual decline so far this year; however, despite the negative result compared to 2024, the cumulative results exceed pre-pandemic levels by 12%.
However, "this gap has been narrowing in the face of the complex economic environment, which has undermined certainty and thus hindered investment levels," he asserted.
