The investment in machinery, equipment or construction of companies in the Monterrey metropolitan area was weakened in April, according to a survey of the Nuevo León Transformation Industry Chamber (Caintra).
“The percentage of companies that made some investment was 24 percent, very similar to what was presented in the year, but below the average of 2024,” he said in their economic expectations of manufacturing April 2025.
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In 2020 it was the last time those investment levels were seen by Nuevo León’s industry, which stopped the Covid-19 pandemic.
31 percent of companies made investments in April 2024; 32 percent in 2023 and 35 percent in 2022, according to the agency.
He added that almost half of the Regiomontanos industrialists made investments in machinery and equipment in November 2023, the month with the largest record so far.
He indicated that tariffs have been attenuated, but there are still doubts about their implementation, causing companies to moderate their investments.
The direct foreign investment received by Nuevo León had a drop of 17.27 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Economy.
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Nuevo León received 2,097 million dollars in 2024 of foreign direct investment, compared to 2,535 million dollars captured a year earlier.
According to Caintra’s survey, the “political panorama” returned to occupy the number one place among the obstacles to investment, with 42.45 percent of the responses, an increase of 8.5 percentage points compared to November.
To the above, it is added that respondents continue to point out that the “shortage of trained personnel” obstructs their performance, with 28.8 percent.
The agency stated that growth expectations for Mexico and Nuevo León remain positive for this year.
“While they will not be the same level as past years, we consider that we can maintain moderate growth by 2025,” Caintra said in another report.
For the GDP of Mexico, “we expect a growth of 0.25 percent, with a generation of 193 thousand jobs, where manufacturing will contribute 32 percent (62 thousand jobs).”
“In the case of Nuevo León, we expect a similar growth to the rest of the country, driven by the competitiveness of companies and their workers,” he added.
