# Market Spotlight on Mexico: Record Export Outlook, Railroads, and New World Screwworm

> US corn exports to Mexico reached a record $5.2 billion, or 915 million bushels, in the first 11 months of marketing year 2024/25. USDA raised its forecast for Mexico's 2025/26 corn imports to 1.02 billion bushels, and nearly a third of that is already forward contracted.

- Date: 2025-09-01 · published 2025-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/22832-market-spotlight-on-mexico-record-export-outlook-railroads-and-new-world
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Strong, forward-contracted Mexican demand supports US corn export basis and prices. Mexico's feed demand is the main driver of these purchases.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2025-04-01 | [US exports record corn shipments to EU as tariffs cast shadow on market outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25592-us-exports-record-corn-shipments-to-eu-as-tariffs-cast-shadow-on-market-outlook.md) | +1.0% | +2.2% |
| CORN | 2018-04-05 | [Reinvigorated U.S. Ethanol Export Market Vaults to New Record High](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65488-reinvigorated-u-s-ethanol-export-market-vaults-to-new-record-high.md) | +1.1% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2025-12-23 | [Report: Mexico’s demand for US grain to grow \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21477-report-mexico-s-demand-for-us-grain-to-grow-world-grain.md) | -0.9% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2025-08-07 | [Exporters sell US corn to Mexico- USDA \| MarketScreener](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23298-exporters-sell-us-corn-to-mexico-usda-marketscreener.md) | -1.1% | +3.9% |
| CORN | 2024-11-08 | [U.S. corn exports to Mexico hit record high - Cultivar Magazine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27401-u-s-corn-exports-to-mexico-hit-record-high-cultivar-magazine.md) | -1.4% | -2.0% |

## Sources

- ncga.com: https://www.ncga.com/stay-informed/media/the-corn-economy/article/2025/09/market-spotlight-on-mexico-record-export-outlook-railroads-and-new-world-screwworm

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