Energy Subsidies in Mexico

Este reporte ayuda a entender el rol del sector de hidrocarburos en la transición energética en México

This country study and accompanying data sheet compiles publicly available information on G20 subsidies to the production and consumption of coal (including coal-fired power) in Mexico in 2016 and 2017. 

IISD has partnered with CONECC German-Mexican Energy Partnership on this report which identifies and evaluates options for reforming Mexico’s electricity subsidies.

There is widespread recognition that the bulk of the investment needed to meet the Paris objectives and SDGs will have to come from private investors aiming to make commercial returns.

Germany and Mexico released their voluntary peer reviews of fossil fuel subsidies under the G-20, during the twenty-third Conference of Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

An interview with Leticia Armenta Fraire, Centre for Economic Analysis, Mexico.

Mexico’s president announced that the country’s fuel subsidies will reach US$ 25 billion in 2008, up from the US$ 19 billion forecasted earlier in the year.

On 1 January 2008, the governments of Mexico and the United States removed all remaining cross-border tariffs on agricultural products between the two countries. The move, required under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), has been heavily criticized by agriculture interests on both sides of the border.