Manufacturing

Mexico auto exports off 16% in April on unfavorable truck mix

Workers load Volkswagen Jetta cars onto a car carrier at the Port of Veracruz in Mexico in a file photo from last year. For the first four months of the year, VW exports fell 31 percent from the same period last year to 94,362 cars. (Susana Gonzalez\/Bloomberg)
May 09, 2016 05:00 AM

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s normally robust light-vehicle exports fell 16 percent in April as U.S. consumers leaned heavily toward light trucks that are not a big part of the Mexico product mix.

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