What is Mexico's secondary economic activity?

Answer 1

Secondary economic activities equal industry and manufacturing. As such, Mexican industries include:

1. Construction: 25.6%
2. Metallic products (iron, steel), machinery and equipment (aerospace, motor vehicles): 19.9%
3. Food and Beverages: 19.2%
4. Chemical products, oil products and plastics: 9.8%
5. Electricity, gas and water production: 5.3%
6. Non-metallic products (cement, glass): 4.5%
7. Textiles and textile products: 4.5%
8. Other industries (basic metal refining, paper and paper products, wood products, optical and consumer products): 11.2%

All these activities add up 26.6% of Mexico's Gross Domestic Product - the percentage dedicated to industrial activities - or USD$411.8 billion out of a total GDP of USD$1,548 billion for 2008.

Among the many types of industry and the products they manufacture, Mexico includes the following, with some representative companies:

• Food and Beverages - Sigma Alimentos, Gamesa, Grupo Bimbo.
• Aerospace - Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana (TAM), Hydra Technologies.
• Electronics - Lanix, Mabe Mexico.
• Tobacco - Delicados.
• Chemicals - Alpek, Cydsa, Mexichem, Vitro.
• Iron and Steel - Altos Hornos de Mexico, Grupo Acerero del Norte.
• Petroleum - Pemex.
• Biotechnology - Biotecnologia Ambiental, Laboratorios Silanes.
• Mining - Grupo Mexico, Hylsamex.
• Shipbuilding - Bender Shipbuilding, Servicios Navales e Industriales.
• Electricity - Comision Federal de Electricidad.
• Defense Products - Industrias Militares Mexicanas (Mexican Defense Secretariat).
• Textiles - PYOSA, Scappino, Andrea.
• Clothing - Flexi, Milano, Vicky Form.
• Motor vehicles and parts - Electro Optica, Grupo Bocar, Industrias Automotrices LODI.
• Computers - HP Mexico, IBM Mexico.
• Consumer Durables - Industrias Marino, Grupo Mabe.
• Information Technologies - Softek, Neoris.
• Tourism and Ecotourism - Grupo Posadas, Palace Resorts.

Note: some of these industries are subsidiaries of foreign companies (for example, Hewlett-Packard Mexico) but these assemble or manufacture products for such brands in Mexican soil. These are commonly known as maquiladoras.