est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
19.4% of GDP (2004 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $160 billion
expenditures: $158 billion, including capital expenditures of NA
(2004 est.)

Public debt:
23.5% of GDP (2004 est.)

Agriculture - products:
corn, wheat, soybeans, rice, beans, cotton, coffee, fruit,
tomatoes; beef, poultry, dairy products; wood products

Industries:
food and beverages, tobacco, chemicals, iron and steel, petroleum,
mining, textiles, clothing, motor vehicles, consumer durables,
tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
3.8% (2004 est.)

Electricity - production:
203.6 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 78.7%
hydro: 14.2%
nuclear: 4.2%
other: 2.9% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
189.7 billion kWh (2002)

Electricity - exports:
98.65 million kWh (2002)

Electricity - imports:
367.7 million kWh (2002)

Oil - production:
3.46 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
1.752 million bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
1.863 million bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
205,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - proved reserves:
18 billion bbl (2004 est.)

Natural gas - production:
47.3 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
55.1 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - exports:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - imports:
7.85 billion cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:
420 billion cu m (2004)

Current account balance:
$-4.113 billion (2004 est.)

Exports:
$182.4 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Exports - commodities:
manufactured goods, oil and oil products, silver, fruits,
vegetables, coffee, cotton

Exports - partners:
US 87.6%, Canada 1.8%, Spain 1.1% (2004)

Imports:
$190.8 billion f.o.b. (2004 est.)

Imports - commodities:
metalworking machines, steel mill products, agricultural machinery,
electrical equipment, car parts for assembly, repair parts for motor
vehicles, aircraft, and aircraft parts

Imports - partners:
US 53.7%, China 7%, Japan 5.1% (2004)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$60.67 billion (2004 est.)

Debt - external:
$149.9 billion (2004 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$1.166 billion (1995)

Currency (code):
Mexican peso (MXN)

Currency code:
MXN

Exchange rates:
Mexican pesos per US dollar - 11.286 (2004), 10.789 (2003), 9.656
(2002), 9.342 (2001), 9.456 (2000)

Fiscal year:
cal