Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing
Industry Group (3152)
2025-Q3: $7.01T MX, Gross Domestic Product
DENUE May 2025: 41,362, Economic units
Jan-Sep 2024: US$26.5M, 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, Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing registered 41,362 economic units. The states with the highest number of economic units were Puebla (6,945), Estado de México (4,374), and Oaxaca (3,511).
Economic activities are related if they require similar knowledge or inputs. In 2014 in Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing the states with the highest affinity were Sonora (0.52), Chihuahua (0.51), Coahuila de Zaragoza (0.51), Nuevo León (0.5), and Querétaro (0.49).
Production
#permalink to sectionGross Domestic Product
#permalink to sectionGross domestic product 2025-Q3: $7.01T MX
Gross Domestic Product 2024: $6.75T MX
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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
#permalink to sectionAccording to data from the Economic Census 2019, 37,932 economic units were totaled in Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing, highlighting Puebla (5,225), Estado de México (3,651), and Oaxaca (3,354).
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Production Indicators by Municipality
#permalink to sectionAccording to dato from Economic Census 2014, Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing had a total of 55,329 economic units and the municipalities with the highest number of economic units were Moroleón (2.29k), San Pablo Villa de Mitla (1.49k), and Uriangato (1.28k)
Total income eached $186B MX and the municipalities with the highest income were Cuauhtémoc ($27.1B MX), Naucalpan de Juárez ($16.8B MX), and Iztacalco ($8.78B MX).
Total expenditures were $129B MX and the municipalities with the highest expenditures were Cuauhtémoc ($20.8B MX), Naucalpan de Juárez ($14.1B MX), and Iztacalco ($6.79B MX).
On the other hand, in 2014 there were 505212 employees dependent on economic units and the municipalities with the highest number of employees were Tehuacán (25k), Cuauhtémoc (20.8k), and Teziutlán (18.7k).
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Economic Units
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the number of economic units in Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing according to the number of employees.
According to DENUE data published in May 2025, 38,795 companies with 0 to 10 employees were registered (38,795 companies more than the previous period). In the same period, 1,999 companies with 11 to 50 employees were registered (1,999 companies more than the previous period).
267 companies with 51 to 100 employees were registered in 2025 (267 companies more than the previous period). Likewise, 301 companies with more than 101 employees were registered (301 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$26.5M, FDI Jan-Sep 2024
- US$1.49B, FDI Jan-1999 to Sep-2024
In the period January to September 2024, FDI from Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing was US$26.5M, distributed in reinvestment of earnings (US$28.3M), equity Capital (Confidential), and inter-company debts (-US$1.77M).
Since January 1999 to September 2024, the accumulated amount of FDI in Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing was US$1.49B, distributed in equity Capital (US$594M), inter-company debts (US$584M), and reinvestment of earnings (US$312M).
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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$386M, Coahuila de Zaragoza 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 Coahuila de Zaragoza (US$386M), Chihuahua (US$196M), and Mexico City (US$176M).
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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$1.16B
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 United States (US$22.4M), United Kingdom (Confidential), and Brazil (Confidential).
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Specialization and Opportunity
#permalink to sectionAs of May 2021, the states with the highest degree of specialization in Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing were Tlaxcala (3.12), Yucatán (2.77), and Puebla (2.33). 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 Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing according to Relatedness were Sonora (0.52), Chihuahua (0.51), and Coahuila de Zaragoza (0.51). 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).