# Mexico: Mexico Notifies Revised NOM-187 to the WTO and Opens 60-day Comment Period | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> Mexico notified the WTO of a revised NOM-187 standard on July 28, 2023, opening a 60-day comment period. The proposal would ban genetically engineered corn in nixtamalized products for both domestic and imported goods, excluding snacks.

- Date: 2023-08-14 · published 2023-08-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34543-mexico-mexico-notifies-revised-nom-187-to-the-wto-and-opens-60-day-comment
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

A ban on GE corn in nixtamalized products extends restrictions to imports and could limit US corn sales for tortilla and masa production, a bearish factor for corn export demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-03-17 | [Mexico: Mexico Issues 2023 Corn Decree to Substitute Gradually Biotech Corn Used for Human Consumption and for Animal Feed \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/36832-mexico-mexico-issues-2023-corn-decree-to-substitute-gradually-biotech-corn-used.md) | -1.0% | +1.3% |
| CORN | 2019-09-30 | [Lack of Funding for U.S. Internal Waterways System Threatens to Damage Agricultural Production and Shipping - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57252-lack-of-funding-for-u-s-internal-waterways-system-threatens-to-damage.md) | -0.9% | +1.1% |
| CORN | 2024-07-11 | [Corn Was King: The Transition to Soy in U.S. Production Agriculture - Center for Commercial Agriculture](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15197-corn-was-king-the-transition-to-soy-in-u-s-production-agriculture-center-for.md) | -0.9% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2019-01-18 | [Mexico: Government established guaranteed prices for five agricultural products - Global Trade Alert](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61061-mexico-government-established-guaranteed-prices-for-five-agricultural-products.md) | -0.5% | +0.8% |
| CORN | 2022-02-09 | [Activists push for Mexico’s GM corn ban to include imports \| Agriculture News \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42667-activists-push-for-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-to-include-imports-agriculture-news-al.md) | +0.5% | +15.2% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/mexico-mexico-notifies-revised-nom-187-wto-and-opens-60-day-comment-period

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