# Mexico Moves to Protect Its Cultural Heritage from GMO Corn – The Non-GMO Project

> An advocacy article describes Mexico's pledge to phase out GMO corn imports and glyphosate, noting Mexico has since allowed GMO corn for animal feed and industrial use but not human consumption. It frames the dispute as rooted in NAFTA-era impacts on Mexican farmers.

- Date: 2024-02-02 · published 2024-02-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/31650-mexico-moves-to-protect-its-cultural-heritage-from-gmo-corn-the-non-gmo-project
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Feed and industrial GM corn imports remain allowed, so the ongoing dispute has limited near-term effect on US feed corn demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-10-01 | [The Corn Dispute at the Heart of US–Mexico Agricultural Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17432-the-corn-dispute-at-the-heart-of-us-mexico-agricultural-trade.md) | -1.2% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2024-06-20 | [Takeaways from Mexico’s final rebuttal on the USMCA GM corn case \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29713-takeaways-from-mexico-s-final-rebuttal-on-the-usmca-gm-corn-case-iatp.md) | -6.0% | -9.5% |
| CORN | 2023-10-02 | [Mexico stands firm in face of U.S. imperialist pressure on GMO corn - The Non-GMO Report \| Non-GMO News, Farming & Supply Chain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33595-mexico-stands-firm-in-face-of-u-s-imperialist-pressure-on-gmo-corn-the-non-gmo.md) | +2.7% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2017-09-07 | [Mexico presses to open Canadian, U.S. agricultural export markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68924-mexico-presses-to-open-canadian-u-s-agricultural-export-markets.md) | -1.8% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2022-05-31 | [Vilsack Gives Assurances on US Corn Exports to Mexico \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40927-vilsack-gives-assurances-on-us-corn-exports-to-mexico-hoosier-ag-today.md) | -0.8% | -2.6% |

## Sources

- nongmoproject.org: https://www.nongmoproject.org/blog/mexicos-gmo-corn-ban-aims-to-protect-cultural-heritage/

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