In addition, thanks to foreign direct investment (FDI), companies operating in Mexico have imported significant know-how and new technologies. Total trade of goods and services amounts to almost two-thirds of GDP, and more than 80 percent of total merchandise exports are manufacturing products.
Making up a substantial fraction of the total, high-tech shipments, such as computers and telecom equipment, have seen the highest growth of all segments in the last two decades. Mexico has gradually diversified its export destinations. For example, sales to the United States have been decreasing from almost 90 percent in 2000 to nearly 80 percent in 2014.