Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Mexico City
EmbassyMexico · Ambassador: Dr. Pankaj Sharma
10 figures · 2 sources · built 55 minutes ago
In short
India’s embassy in Mexico records bilateral trade of $11.09bn, a reported community of 10,000, 19 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 66%. Led by Dr. Pankaj Sharma, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$11.09bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 55 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Mexico
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial” section
“Bilateral Trade: India is Mexico’s ninth largest trading partner with a bilateral trade of US$ 11.090 billion in 2025, with Indian exports of US$ 9.13 billion to Mexico and imports of US$ 1.969 billion from Mexico.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence10,000
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Mexico"
“PIOs 2,000 + NRIs 8,000 = 10,000”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence19
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 56 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 29 June 2022)
“SPECIFIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEXICAN SPACE AGENCY OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND THE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION, DEPARTMENT OF SPACE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON CROP MONITORING, DROUGHT ASSESSMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING — 29 June 2022”
Published: 29 June 2022 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
66%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Mexico”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to MexicoUS dollars · as stated in the brief$9.13bn
Bilateral Brief — Mexico
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial” section
“Bilateral Trade: India is Mexico’s ninth largest trading partner with a bilateral trade of US$ 11.090 billion in 2025, with Indian exports of US$ 9.13 billion to Mexico and imports of US$ 1.969 billion from Mexico.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from MexicoUS dollars · as stated in the brief$1.97bn
Bilateral Brief — Mexico
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic and Commercial” section
“Bilateral Trade: India is Mexico’s ninth largest trading partner with a bilateral trade of US$ 11.090 billion in 2025, with Indian exports of US$ 9.13 billion to Mexico and imports of US$ 1.969 billion from Mexico.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation$7.16bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Mexicopersons · as stated in the brief12,000
Bilateral Brief — Mexico
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“The Indian community in Mexico is small, numbering around 12,000 with about one fifth of them in Mexico City, and the rest spread in the cities of Guadalajara, Monterrey, Cuernavaca, Queretaro, Cancun etc.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Mexico
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Visit by Principal Scientific Advisor to Mexico” section
“Dr. Ajay Kumar Sood, PSA to the Government of India visited Mexico from 19 21 May 2026 to participate in the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of CIMMYT.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (19)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE, MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MEXICAN INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTSAid and Cooperation19 March 2025
- SPECIFIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEXICAN SPACE AGENCY OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND THE INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION, DEPARTMENT OF SPACE OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON CROP MONITORING, DROUGHT ASSESSMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDINGAid and Cooperation29 June 2022
- SPECIFIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATES ON FOREST FIRE MANAGEMENT USING EO DATA AND CAPACITY BUILDINGAid and Cooperation28 October 2020
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATE CONCERNING TO SPACE COOPERATION FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSESAid and Cooperation22 October 2014
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES ON MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOMS MATTERSAid and Cooperation15 October 2012
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATE ON MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOM MATTERSAid and Cooperation15 October 2012
- AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATESTransport17 April 2008
- MOU ON COPERATION IN THE FIELD OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATESEnvironment and Resources17 April 2008
- TREATY ON EXTRADITION BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATESCivil and Criminal Matters10 September 2007
- TREATY BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATES ON MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERSCivil and Criminal Matters10 September 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND INDIA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOMEBusiness and Trade10 September 2007
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATES ON PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade21 May 2007
- MOU ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MICRO,MEDIUM AND SMALL ENTERPRISES BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATESAid and Cooperation27 March 2006
- AGREEMENT ON ACADEMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATESEducation21 October 2005
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN UNITED MEXICAN STATES AND INDIA ON EXEMPTION OF VISA FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations21 October 2005
- AGREEMENT ON TOURISM COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATESAid and Cooperation28 March 1996
- AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATESAid and Cooperation12 November 1982
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATECultural Relations and Sport23 July 1975
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND UNITED MEXICAN STATE ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology23 July 1975
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 12 sections, 18,689 characters of extractable text. Sections include: INDIA - MEXICO BILATERAL BRIEF · Diplomatic History · VVIP Visit/meeting · Meetings/Calls between Foreign Ministers · Other VIP/Parliamentary visits/Meetings · Bilateral Institutional Mechanisms.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 20% apart
- Overseas Indians10,000
- Indian community in Mexico12,000
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.