Mexico refused to recognize or establish diplomatic relations with the nation due to its apartheid like system.

[1] In September 1986, Mexican Foreign Minister Bernardo Sepúlveda Amor attended the Non-Aligned Movement conference celebrated in Harare.

[5] In May 2013, Mexican Undersecretary of the Economy, Francisco de Rosenzweig, paid a visit to Zimbabwe, along with the Mexican Ambassador to Ethiopia, Juan Alfredo Miranda Ortiz, to promote the candidacy of Dr. Herminio Blanco Mendoza as Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

[9] Mexico's main exports to Zimbabwe include: medicines, telephones and mobile phones, and machinery.

Zimbabwe's main exports to Mexico include: hides and skins, ferroalloys, mineral materials, air pumps or vacuum pumps, video game consoles, machinery parts, essential oils for makeup and creams, coconut and palm oil.