Mexico

Mexico

Launched Plan Mexico, a strategy to attract $100 billion per year in foreign investment

21 Jan 2025

On 13 January 2025, the Government launched Plan México: Strategy for Equitable and Sustainable Economic Development for Shared Prosperity, with the objective of strengthening the country’s integration into global value chains, promoting nearshoring and attracting $100 billion per year in foreign direct investment. The plan sets economy-wide targets and identifies priority sectors, including automotive, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, energy, aerospace, agro-industry, consumer goods, transport, water, textiles and tourism. It also includes quantified commitments, such as $10 billion in semiconductor investment relocation.

To support the implementation of Plan México, on 20 January 2025, the Government issued a decree granting fiscal incentives, aimed at fostering new investment, strengthening dual education and promoting innovation. The decree introduces fiscal incentives for a total of 30 billion pesos ($1.5 billion), applicable through 30 September 2030, without restriction by sector or company origin. The measures include:

  • Allow accelerated depreciation ("immediate deduction") of investments in new fixed assets, with deduction rates ranging from 35 to 91 per cent, depending on the type of asset and economic activity, for a total of 28.5 billion pesos (approximately $1.4 billion);

  • An additional deduction of 25 per cent on increased expenditure in dual education and innovation amounting to 1.5 billion pesos (approximately $75 million), conditional upon the conclusion of collaboration agreements with the Ministry of Public Education.

In addition, on 22 May 2025, the Government issued a further decree introducing a 100 per cent immediate deduction for investments in new fixed assets and a 25 per cent additional deduction for increased expenditure on training and innovation in the Polos de Desarrollo Económico para el Bienestar (2025–2030). These designated areas aim to promote economic activity through coordinated investment, infrastructure and fiscal incentives, in accordance with guidelines set by the Secretariat of the Economy.

  

Nature of measure:
  • Promotion
  • Incentives
Type:
  • Promotion and facilitation (Investment incentives, Investment promotion, Special economic zones)
Industry:
  • Not industry specific
  • Manufacturing (Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco products, Manufacture of textiles, wearing apparel, leather and related products, Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products, Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, and electrical equipment, Manufacture of transport equipment)
  • Services (Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply, Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities, Transportation and storage, Accommodation and food service activities)
Inward FDI:
Yes
Outward FDI:
No
Sources:

  • The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with up-to-date, country-specific information on recent policy developments affecting foreign direct investment (FDI).

    Through its ongoing monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD delivers cutting-edge and forward-looking contributions to investment policy discourse. The Monitor also supports evidence-based policymaking aimed at ensuring that foreign investment contributes to sustainable development. The Monitor also informs the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends featured in the World Investment Report, the Investment Policy Monitor publications and the joint UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Investment Measures.

    UNCTAD has tracked changes in national policies affecting FDI on an annual basis since 1992. Over time, the methodology has been revised to enhance the quality and consistency of reporting. The most recent revision, completed in 2024, further refined the monitoring framework and applied the updated classification to policy measures dating back to 2012.

  • UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor

    The UNCTAD Investment Policy Monitor database compiles official measures affecting FDI adopted by United Nations Member States. These encompass measures explicitly targeting foreign investment (FDI-specific), as well as general investment measures that have a clear impact on such investment (FDI-related).

    The measures are either reported directly to UNCTAD by Member States through annual surveys or identified by UNCTAD researchers through publicly accessible sources (such as government websites and specialized policy databases).

    The classification of measures as more or less favourable to investors is based solely on their potential impact on investors. The type of measures included in each category are described below. This classification does not reflect any value judgement by UNCTAD on the merit or suitability of the measure.

    Classification of the nature of measures

    More favourable to investors

    Liberalization: includes privatization; lifting of entry restrictions (e.g. opening of sectors to FDI) and entry conditions (e.g. minimum capital requirement); removal (total or partial) of FDI screening or approval mechanisms; lifting of foreign exchange restrictions; liberalization of land access.

    Facilitation: includes streamlining of investment procedures (e.g. one-stop shops); greater transparency of investment-related laws and procedures (e.g. information portals); introduction by IPAs and other entities of new services to assist investors (e.g. linkages programmes, investor visa facilitation or alternative dispute resolution mechanisms).

    Promotion: includes establishment of IPAs or other institutions with a remit as investment promoters and expansion of their mandate; adoption of investment promotion strategy and plans; introduction of PPPs, auctions, and concessions initiatives or framework; introduction of OFDI promotion initiatives.

    Incentives: includes adoption of new tax and financial incentives schemes for investment; introduction of other incentives (e.g. citizenship by investment programmes); adoption of new SEZ-related incentives.

    Other regulatory changes: includes enhancement of investor treatment and protection guarantees; easing of labour or migration regulations concerning foreign hires and key personnel; removal of operational restrictions on investment (e.g. local content requirements).

    Less favourable to investors

    Entry: includes introduction or tightening of entry restrictions (e.g. total or partial ban on FDI in specific sectors); introduction or tightening of entry conditions (e.g. minimum investment threshold, joint venture requirements or State participation in strategic sectors); introduction or expansion of screening mechanisms for national security.

    Treatment and operation: includes introduction or expansion of foreign exchange restrictions; introduction or expansion of restrictions on foreign hires and key personnel; removal or reduction of investment incentives; introduction or expansion of post-establishment requirements for local content; reduction of guarantees for investment treatment and protection; introduction or expansion of restrictions on OFDI.

    Note: Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.

    Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.

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