In the context of the United States government’s tariff policies, Hidalgo recorded $808 million in exports during the second quarter of this year, representing a 1 percent increase, with the manufacturing sector accounting for the largest share, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).
For information, in the first quarter of 2025, the value of Hidalgo’s exports reached $750 million, placing the state in 22nd place nationwide and representing a 15 percent annual decrease.
During this period, the state’s activities that generated the most revenue were transportation equipment manufacturing with $320 million, petroleum and coal product manufacturing with $166 million, and accessories, electrical appliances, and power generation equipment with $85 million. The chemical industry with $58 million, and basic metal industries with $29 million.
Manufacturing accounts for the largest value of foreign sales.
Meanwhile, during the second quarter of this year, the manufacturing sector in Hidalgo recorded exports of $798 million, an increase of 1.5 percent; and the agricultural sector totaled $2.6 million, an increase of 36.5 percent.
The agricultural sector’s exports in Tabasco, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Yucatán, Michoacán, and Veracruz stand out for their largest annual variation. Meanwhile, the state’s mining sector reported no exports.
For example, annual tomato production in Hidalgo reaches 502 million pesos, while exports of this product from Hidalgo to the United States total 65 million pesos.
The Exports by State (ETEF) provides information on the evolution of the value, measured in dollars, of merchandise sales made by the country’s states to the rest of the world.
Hidalgo is the state with the second-highest growth in industrial activity in the country, along with Quintana Roo, Tamaulipas, Baja California Sur, San Luis Potosí, and Colima, last March, according to INEGI.
Source: milenio
