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Secondary economic activities equal industry and manufacturing. As such, Mexican industries include:
- Construction: 25.6%
- Metallic products (iron, steel), machinery and equipment (aerospace, motor vehicles): 19.9%
- Food and Beverages: 19.2%
- Chemical products, oil products and plastics: 9.8%
- Electricity, gas and water production: 5.3%
- Non-metallic products (cement, glass): 4.5%
- Textiles and textile products: 4.5%
- Other industries (basic metal refining, paper and paper products, wood products, optical and consumer products): 11.2%
All these activities add up 26.6% of Mexico's Gross Domestic Product - the percentage dedicated to industrial activities - or USD$411.8 billion out of a total GDP of USD$1,548 billion for 2008.
Among the many types of industry and the products they manufacture, Mexico includes the following, with some representative companies:
- Food and Beverages - Sigma Alimentos, Gamesa, Grupo Bimbo.
- Aerospace - Tecnologia Aeroespacial Mexicana (TAM), Hydra Technologies.
- Electronics - Lanix, Mabe Mexico.
- Tobacco - Delicados.
- Chemicals - Alpek, Cydsa, Mexichem, Vitro.
- Iron and Steel - Altos Hornos de Mexico, Grupo Acerero del Norte.
- Petroleum - Pemex.
- Biotechnology - Biotecnologia Ambiental, Laboratorios Silanes.
- Mining - Grupo Mexico, Hylsamex.
- Shipbuilding - Bender Shipbuilding, Servicios Navales e Industriales.
- Electricity - Comision Federal de Electricidad.
- Defense Products - Industrias Militares Mexicanas (Mexican Defense Secretariat).
- Textiles - PYOSA, Scappino, Andrea.
- Clothing - Flexi, Milano, Vicky Form.
- Motor vehicles and parts - Electro Optica, Grupo Bocar, Industrias Automotrices LODI.
- Computers - HP Mexico, IBM Mexico.
- Consumer Durables - Industrias Marino, Grupo Mabe.
- Information Technologies - Softek, Neoris.
- Tourism and Ecotourism - Grupo Posadas, Palace Resorts.
Note: some of these industries are subsidiaries of foreign companies (for example, Hewlett-Packard Mexico) but these assemble or manufacture products for such brands in Mexican soil. These are commonly known as maquiladoras.
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