Mexico’s exports totaled $90.8 billion in the first quarter, up 2.9 percent from the same period in 2013, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, or INEGI, said.
Oil accounted for $11.49 billion of the total, down 10.8 percent from the year-ago period, while non-petroleum exports came in at $79.37 billion, up 5.2 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2013.
Imports totaled $92 billion in the first quarter, up 3 percent from the first three months of 2013.
Petroleum imports hit $10.27 billion in the first quarter, down 2.8 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2013.
Non-petroleum imports totaled $81.7 billion, up 3.8 percent, compared to the first three months of last year.
Mexico posted a trade deficit of $1.19 billion in the first quarter, the INEGI said.
The country had a trade surplus of $1.02 billion in March, when exports totaled $33.31 billion and imports came in at $32.28 billion.
Mexico posted a trade deficit of $1 billion in 2013, well above the deficit of $46 million registered in the prior year, the INEGI said.
