Mexico FDI & Trade With Texas

Companies based in Mexico find success designing, making and distributing goods and ideas from Texas.

Examples of Mexican companies operating in Texas include Bimbo Bakeries USA, Borden Milk Products, CEMEX Concrete Products, Elamex, Interceramic and Mrs. Baird’s Bakeries.

Shared industries between Mexico and Texas include food products, infrastructure, manufacturing and metals. Cumulative foreign direct investment between January 2011 and December 2023 included 47 projects, with $4,662 million in capital investment and 6,999 jobs created by 35 companies.

Proximity and shared industries keep the Mexico-Texas trade relationship strong and prosperous.

Texas exports to Mexico in 2023 totaled $129,509 million, including the following commodities: industrial machinery, electric machinery, mineral fuel and oil, plastics and vehicle parts. Texas imports from Mexico in 2023 totaled $142,717 million, including the following commodities: electric machinery, industrial machinery, vehicle parts, mineral fuel and oil, and technical instruments. Texas port districts that have active trade with Mexico include Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, Houston, Laredo and Port Arthur.

More than two dozen cities in Mexico directly connect with Texas communities, metropolitan areas and regional airports.

With Spanish spoken by 29% of the Texas population, Mexican culture is in every part of Texas life from food to education.

Annual events celebrate Mexican culture and heritage, including Charro Days Fiesta, a two-nation celebration held in Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas; Día de los Muertos in San Antonio; and MXLAN, a five-days summer music and interactive arts festival in McAllen celebrating the past, present and future of Mexico.

Academia is equally invested in advancing knowledge and celebration of Mexico. The University of Texas at Austin’s Mexico Center of LLILAS Benson is one of the foremost centers for the study of Mexico in the United States, promoting the advancement of Mexican studies through research, scholarly exchange and interdisciplinary collaborations with researchers at Mexico’s leading institutions. Programs specific to Mexican-American studies are offered by the likes of The University of Texas at El Paso and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.