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2007-02-24 06:28:46 · 3 answers · asked by so_wats_new_89 2 in Social Science Economics

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Mexico is highly dependent on exports to the U.S. In fact, 85% of Mexican foreign trade is carried out with the United States.
Mexico ranks among the world's largest agricultural producers of coffee, sugar, corn and oranges. Other chief agricultural products include alfalfa, wheat, barley, beans, cocoa, cotton, livestock, feedgrains, winter vegetables, tobacco, bananas and other assorted fruits. Mexico is among the world's leading producers of many minerals, including silver, tin, sulfur, fluorite, zinc, mercury, coal, copper, gold, graphite, and lead and its oil & gas reserves are one of its most valuable assets (5th largest oil producer in the world. As for manufacturing: Electric & electronic equipment, motor vehicles and vehicle parts, machinery, cement, clothing and textiles, iron and steel products, handicraft articles, tiles, pottery, and vegetable oils. Forest products: Ebony, mahagany, and rosewood. Fishing industry: Abalone, sardones, and shrimp.

I found this at a different source:
Mexico was the United States' third-ranked trading partner in 1997, accounting for 10% of U.S. trade. In 1997, $71.4 billion in merchandise exports to Mexico surpassed our exports to Japan, making Mexico our second-most important export market, even though the Mexican economy is just one-seventh the size of Japan's. The United States was Mexico's predominant trading partner, accounting for 85% of Mexican exports and 77% of Mexican imports. The chief U.S. exports to Mexico were metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery, electrical equipment, motor vehicle parts for assembly, repair parts for motor vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts, electronic equipment, and agricultural products such as feedstuff that is crucial to Mexican pork and poultry production; the top imports from Mexico included petroleum, motor vehicles, and electronic equipment. The United States in 1996 was the source of 60% of all direct foreign investment in Mexico.

2007-02-24 07:48:32 · answer #1 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 0 0

in case you opt to import T-shirts, it may well be from China even however Mexico is lots closer. fabric is genuinely considered one of the optimal exports from China, no longer Mexico. an excellent sort of the fabric products out of Mexico are that united states's cultural garb like ponchos, blankets, no longer the on a regular basis and present day positioned on that China produce in mass parts. In all the optimal border cities between the U. S. and Mexico, there are a number of merchants promoting all styles of clothing which includes T-shirts that are specifically made in China, and their substantial customers are Mexicans from Mexico. There are chinese language wholesalers interior the U. S. who import boxes of T-shirts into the rustic.

2016-10-01 22:14:31 · answer #2 · answered by erly 4 · 0 0

imports:
everything made in u.s., china, and twaiwan

exports:
hard workers, like myself

viva mexico, viva mexico

2007-02-24 06:36:57 · answer #3 · answered by mrkramer5 4 · 0 1

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