Mexico exported 260,966 light vehicles in June, up 8.1% from 241,501 vehicles exported in the same month a year earlier, according to the Mexican Automotive Industry Association (AMIA).
AMIA's export data does not include figures for Nissan Motor Co., one of Mexico’s main vehicle producers and exporters in volume terms, which has stopped providing export figures.
Domestic auto sales, however, dipped 6 percent to 119,713 vehicles in June, compared with June 2017.
At its press conference, Eduardo Solís, head of the AMIA, read a joint statement on behalf of automotive and auto parts associations from the U.S., Canada and Mexico in which they encouraged their respective governments to resume North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiations.
Solis also commented that the OEMs established in Mexico have already held talks with the team of the recently elected president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
"We are pleased that the future government of Lopez Obrador is going to be respectful of the NAFTA negotiation process and that there is a desire to resume the talks," Solis said.

(Mexico-Now article on July 9, 2018)