Published: January 12th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Data from the US Census Bureau suggests that Mexico has overtaken China as the largest exporter to the US. Although the figures for December will not be published until February 7, it appears that Mexico has surpassed the significantly larger China as the USA’s most important source of imports in 2023. According to official statistics, this would be the first time since 2003.