# Has Mexico Banned Genetically Modified Corn?

> An explainer recounts how Mexico's 2020 decree planned to phase out glyphosate and restrict GM corn imports, and how civil society groups viewed the measures. It covers the background of the policy dispute rather than a new development.

- Date: 2024-08-26 · published 2024-08-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/28748-has-mexico-banned-genetically-modified-corn
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Background on Mexico's GM corn restrictions reinforces the long-running risk to US corn exports, but adds no new price driver.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-05-09 | ["False, that the state can impede genetically modified corn" - Schools for Chiapas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53107-false-that-the-state-can-impede-genetically-modified-corn-schools-for-chiapas.md) | -1.4% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2024-01-10 | [Genetically modified corn tribunal raises concerns with first decisions \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32096-genetically-modified-corn-tribunal-raises-concerns-with-first-decisions-iatp.md) | -1.1% | -5.0% |
| CORN | 2026-03-02 | [Mexico’s Food Sovereignty Remains Under Threat From Genetically Modified Corn and Pressure From Multinational Corporations - Regeneration International](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20131-mexico-s-food-sovereignty-remains-under-threat-from-genetically-modified-corn.md) | +2.0% | +5.1% |
| CORN | 2023-09-06 | [Mexico Could Modify GM Corn Ban to Appease US, Canada and Avoid Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34072-mexico-could-modify-gm-corn-ban-to-appease-us-canada-and-avoid-tariffs.md) | -1.3% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2025-11-03 | [A Corn Crisis Is Brewing in Mexico](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21932-a-corn-crisis-is-brewing-in-mexico.md) | -0.7% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- ukragroconsult.com: https://ukragroconsult.com/en/news/has-mexico-banned-genetically-modified-corn/

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