# Mexico: Mexico Issues 2023 Corn Decree to Substitute Gradually Biotech Corn Used for Human Consumption and for Animal Feed | USDA Foreign Agricultural Service

> A USDA Foreign Agricultural Service report says Mexico published a modified 2023 corn decree on February 13, effective the next day. The decree repeals the 2020 GE corn decree and shifts toward gradually replacing biotech corn used for human consumption and animal feed.

- Date: 2023-03-17 · published 2023-03-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36832-mexico-mexico-issues-2023-corn-decree-to-substitute-gradually-biotech-corn-used
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The decree keeps a phased path to restricting biotech corn in feed, which leaves a lasting risk to US yellow corn exports to Mexico and a modest bearish overhang on corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-08-14 | [Mexico: Mexico Notifies Revised NOM-187 to the WTO and Opens 60-day Comment Period \| USDA Foreign Agricultural Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34543-mexico-mexico-notifies-revised-nom-187-to-the-wto-and-opens-60-day-comment.md) | +0.3% | -1.6% |
| CORN | 2021-02-24 | [Mexico to Ban Glyphosate, GM Corn Presidential Decree Comes Despite Intense Pressure from Industry, U.S. Authorities \| Inter Press Service](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48619-mexico-to-ban-glyphosate-gm-corn-presidential-decree-comes-despite-intense.md) | +0.7% | +5.4% |
| CORN | 2025-04-01 | [Don’t mess with Mexico’s maíz: Constitutional amendment to ban GMO corn seeds](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25529-don-t-mess-with-mexico-s-maiz-constitutional-amendment-to-ban-gmo-corn-seeds.md) | +1.0% | +2.2% |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2022-08-25 | [MAIZALL Mission To Mexico Focuses Efforts On Trade, Food Security Issues - U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40010-maizall-mission-to-mexico-focuses-efforts-on-trade-food-security-issues-u-s.md) | +1.2% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- fas.usda.gov: https://www.fas.usda.gov/data/mexico-mexico-issues-2023-corn-decree-substitute-gradually-biotech-corn-used-human-consumption

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