Chemical Manufacturing
Subsector (325)
2025-Q3: $7.01T MX, Gross Domestic Product
DENUE May 2025: 6,931, Economic units
Jan-Sep 2024: US$1.11B, Foreign Direct Investment
In the third quarter of 2025 the gross domestic product was $7.01T MX, 2.42% less than the previous quarter.
According DENUE 2025, Chemical Manufacturing registered 6,931 economic units. The states with the highest number of economic units were Estado de México (1,320), Jalisco (773), and Ciudad de México (674).
Economic activities are related if they require similar knowledge or inputs. In 2014 in Chemical Manufacturing the states with the highest affinity were Querétaro (0.78), Nuevo León (0.7), Sonora (0.69), Jalisco (0.66), and Chihuahua (0.65).
Production
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#permalink to sectionGross domestic product 2025-Q3: $7.01T MX
Gross Domestic Product 2024: $6.75T MX
In the third quarter of 2025, Manufacturing recorded a gross domestic product of $7.01T MX, evidencing a drop of 2.42% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 1.29% compared to the same period of the previous year.
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Production Indicators by State
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Economic Units
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the number of economic units in Chemical Manufacturing according to the number of employees.
According to DENUE data published in May 2025, 4,804 companies with 0 to 10 employees were registered (4,804 companies more than the previous period). In the same period, 1,168 companies with 11 to 50 employees were registered (1,168 companies more than the previous period).
369 companies with 51 to 100 employees were registered in 2025 (369 companies more than the previous period). Likewise, 590 companies with more than 101 employees were registered (590 companies more than the previous period).
Source National Statistical Directory of Economic Units (DENUE)
Investment
#permalink to sectionForeign Direct Investment (FDI)
#permalink to section- US$1.11B, FDI Jan-Sep 2024
- US$47.8B, FDI Jan-1999 to Sep-2024
In the period January to September 2024, FDI from Chemical Manufacturing was US$1.11B, distributed in reinvestment of earnings (US$1.21B), equity Capital (US$3.9k), and inter-company debts (-US$98.7M).
Since January 1999 to September 2024, the accumulated amount of FDI in Chemical Manufacturing was US$47.8B, distributed in reinvestment of earnings (US$23.1B), equity Capital (US$22.5B), and inter-company debts (US$2.17B).
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by State
#permalink to sectionPeriod Jan-Sep 2024: US$0
Period Jan-1999 to Sep-2024: US$16.5B, Mexico City is the main receiving state
No FDI is recorded in the period January to September, 2024
Historically (from January 1999 to September2024) the states that have received the highest FDI are Mexico City (US$16.5B), Estado de México (US$11.4B), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (US$4.03B).
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Origin
#permalink to sectionPeriodo Jan-Sep 2024: ---, US$0
Main investing country between Jan-1999 and Sep-2024: United States, US$24.1B
No FDI is recorded in the period January to September of 2024.
Historically (from January 1999 to September de 2024) the countries that contributed the most to FDI were Germany (US$606M), Switzerland (US$139M), and United States (US$121M).
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Specialization and Opportunity
#permalink to sectionAs of May 2021, the states with the highest degree of specialization in Chemical Manufacturing were Jalisco (1.6), Ciudad de México (1.51), and Estado de México (1.23). The degree of specialization is measured using the RCA index, which represents the ratio between the observed and expected establishments of each state for each industry.
The states with the highest degree of development opportunity in Chemical Manufacturing according to Relatedness were Sonora (0.69), Chihuahua (0.65), and Baja California (0.64). The Relatedness measures the distance between an industry and the current industrial composition in each state. The presented entities register a level of specialization lower than one unit (RCA <1).