The Bank of Mexico (Banxico) announced that remittances received in January 2023 reached a level of $4,406 million dollars, which meant an annual expansion of 12.5%.
The remittance income that the country receives from abroad comes mainly from migrant workers in the United States, who send money to their families every month to support them economically.
Banxico points out that in the first month of 2023, remittance inflows declined at a monthly rate of 1.5%, while remittance outflows advanced at a monthly rate of 5.8%. Thus, in January 2023, the remittance account surplus was $5.093 billion, compared to $5.177 billion in December 2022.
In January 2023, remittance inflows from abroad amounted to US$4.406 billion, derived from 11.8 million transactions, with an average remittance of US$374. Thus, in January 2023, remittance income presented an annual increase of 12.5% due to increases of 11.1% in the number of remittances and 1.3% in the average remittance amount.
Remittances sent abroad by Mexican residents amounted to US$98 million, which implied an annual growth of 20.8%. With these results, the surplus of Mexico’s remittance account with the rest of the world was $4,309 million, higher than the $3,837 million dollars reported in the same month of 2022.
Regarding remittances in the last twelve months (February 2022 – January 2023), Banxico pointed out that the accumulated flow of remittance income totaled $58.998 billion, higher than the accumulated flow for twelve months recorded last December of $58.510 billion (January 2022 – December 2022).
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In the last twelve months (February 2022 – January 2023), the cumulative flow of remittances sent from Mexico abroad stood at $1.148 billion, higher than the twelve-month cumulative flow observed in the previous December of $1.131 billion (January 2022 – December 2022).
Thus, the surplus of the remittances account for the last twelve months (February 2022 – January 2023) reached US$57.850 billion, higher than the twelve-month accumulated surplus of US$57.379 billion (January 2022 – December 2022).
Here are the table-view stats issued by Banxico:
| Month | Incoming Remittances ($ millions) | Outgoing Remittances ($ millions) | Remittances Balance ($ millions) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2023 | 4,406 | 98 | 4,309 |
| Feb-Jan 2023 | 58,998 | 1,148 | 57,850 |
| Month | Incoming Remittances | Outgoing Remittances | Remittances Balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2023 (seasonally adjusted) | 5,188 | 95 | 5,093 |
| Dec 2022 (seasonally adjusted) | 5,267 | 90 | 5,177 |