Beer exports hit US$6.48 billion across 98 countries, 36% of global value, with the US alone buying US$6.046 billion.

This article by the La Jornada editorial staff originally appeared in the August 7, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left-wing daily newspaper.

Mexico City. In 2025, Mexican beer reached consumers in 98 countries and its exports totaled sales of US$6.48 billion, the Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader) reported. The agency specified that Mexico maintained an average share of 36 percent of the value of global beer exports during that period, rising from US$5.618 billion in 2021 to US$6.48 billion in 2025, as a result of its growing competitiveness, quality, and international recognition.

With this result, it took first place among the leading beer-exporting countries, thereby far surpassing the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany.

Among the five main destinations for the Mexican beverage are the United States, with US$6.046 billion; the Dominican Republic, with US$49 million; Spain, with US$39 million; Peru, with US$37 million; and Panama, with US$32 million, as of the close of 2025.

To these are added the Netherlands, with US$31 million; Guatemala, with US$27 million; Puerto Rico, with US$20 million; Honduras, with US$14 million; El Salvador, with US$13 million; and other nations, with US$173 million.

On International Beer Day, celebrated each first Friday of August, it noted that Mexico sustained an average annual volume of 4.316 billion liters over the last five years—that is, it went from shipping 4.253 billion liters to 4.285 billion liters.

These results reflect the productive capacity—particularly of Mexican producers of malted cereals such as barley, wheat, and corn—the quality and safety of Mexican agro-industry, and the joint work with federal and state authorities to strengthen competitiveness and expand the presence of Mexican products in international markets.

The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development, headed by Columba Jazmín López Gutiérrez, reaffirmed its commitment to promoting programs and projects that strengthen the productivity, innovation, and competitiveness of the beer production chain, in order to generate greater opportunities for producers, promote the country’s economic development, and maintain Mexico’s leadership in the international trade of agro-industrial foods and beverages.

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