Mexican productions and exports up in February

The Asociacion Mexicana de la Industria Automotriz (AMIA) released February 2017 figures on March 6.
Production of 301,475 light vehicles in February was up 11.1% from the 271,278 units produced in the same month last year.
Productions by manufacture are as follows: Nissan was up 3.4% to 73,922 units, GM was up 37.7% to 64,239 units, FCA was up 66.5% to 44,043 units, VW was up 5.8% to 41,750 units, and Ford was down 50.7% to 19,919 units.

Exports in February of 240,909 light vehicles also showed an increase of 9.7% compared to the number of vehicles exported last February.
Exports by manufactures are as follows: Nissan was up 6.2% to 50,639 units, GM was up 29.3% to 45,922 units, FCA was up 77.1% to 45,655 units, VW was down 6.9% to 28,096 units, and Ford was down 54.5% to 17,996 units.
The destination of first two month export volumes indicates that the majority of exports, 75.6%, went to the U.S. The North America region accounted for 84.7% of the total exports.