*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released new figures which show that in February, Mexico’s exports totalled US$50.72bn, up 13% year-on-year. Meanwhile imports totalled US$51.3bn, up 9.7% on the same month in 2023. This gives a trade deficit of US$585m, down from a deficit of US$1.89bn in the same month in 2023.
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