Mexican productions up 36.2%, exports up 32.7% in March
The Asociacion Mexicana de la Industria Automotriz (AMIA) released March 2017 figures on April 6.
Production of 363,687 light vehicles in March was up 36.2% from the 266,960 units produced in the same month last year.
Productions by manufacture are as follows: Nissan was up 25.7% to 86,874 units, GM was up 27.9% to 69,392 units, FCA was up 95.8% to 51,157 units, VW was up 46.8% to 48,187 units, and Ford was up 13.4% to 43,175 units.
According to OICA 2016 world production report, Mexico was the seventh largest automobile manufacturing country in the world and number 1 in Latin America.
Exports in March of 297,571 light vehicles also showed an big increase of 32.7% compared to the number of vehicles exported last March.
Exports by manufactures are as follows: Nissan was up 9.6% to 56,165 units, GM was up 38.3% to 53,853 units, FCA was up 69.5% to 46,345 units, Ford was up 15.1% to 42,738 units, and VW was up 34.5% to 38,553 units.
The destination of first three month export volumes indicates that the majority of exports, 75.7%, went to the U.S. The North America region accounted for 84.5% of the total exports.