Foreign investment by type, country and sector
Foreign direct investment in the first half of 2026: new or reinvested, from where, into what.
New money and money already here
Foreign direct investment by type, USD millions, January to June 2026, preliminary
Most of what the ministry calls a record first half was profit kept and reinvested by companies already in Mexico; new investment was 2,726 million.
By country of origin
Foreign direct investment by the investor's country, USD millions, January to June 2026, preliminary; the five the ministry names, and the rest
The country is that of the company sending the money, which may be a holding company in a third country; Spain, for example, often carries money owned elsewhere. The remainder is our arithmetic.
By sector
Foreign direct investment by sector, USD millions, January to June 2026, preliminary; the three the ministry names, and the rest
Manufacturing rose 9.3% on the same half of 2025, led by computers, communication equipment and electronic components.
Every country and every sector, for 2025 and this half, now have their own room: Foreign investment: every country and sector. Figures are preliminary and are revised for years.
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