# Mexico offers new alterations to decree banning GM corn | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> A visiting Mexican government delegation offered the Biden administration a compromise that would delay the GM corn import ban until January 2025. Mexico also pledged to reconsider rejected GM corn trait petitions and exempt feed corn from restrictions. GM white corn would be allowed entry but barred from domestic tortilla and food production.

- Date: 2022-12-16 · published 2022-12-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38229-mexico-offers-new-alterations-to-decree-banning-gm-corn-agri-pulse
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

An exemption for feed corn protects the bulk of US corn sales to Mexico, which are used in animal feed. The delay reduces near-term export risk, which is supportive for US corn demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-10-28 | [Vilsack 'confident' in US corn exports to Mexico despite reported expansion of biotech ban \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39107-vilsack-confident-in-us-corn-exports-to-mexico-despite-reported-expansion-of.md) | -2.5% | -2.0% |
| CORN | 2022-07-27 | [USGC’s LeGrand sees hurdles in Mexico, hope elsewhere \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40464-usgc-s-legrand-sees-hurdles-in-mexico-hope-elsewhere-agri-pulse-communications.md) | +3.1% | +5.3% |
| CORN | 2018-03-12 | [Syngenta agrees to $1.5 B settlement of corn trait litigation \| 2018-03-12 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65981-syngenta-agrees-to-1-5-b-settlement-of-corn-trait-litigation-2018-03-12-agri.md) | +1.7% | +5.0% |
| CORN | 2018-11-28 | [Ag trade remains key for US negotiators ahead of Trump-Xi meeting \| 2018-11-27 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61936-ag-trade-remains-key-for-us-negotiators-ahead-of-trump-xi-meeting-2018-11-27.md) | +8.7% | +9.1% |
| CORN | 2021-11-15 | [Tariffs and supply chain not on agenda for Biden-Xi meeting \| 2021-11-14 \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14978-tariffs-and-supply-chain-not-on-agenda-for-biden-xi-meeting-2021-11-14-agri.md) | -2.1% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/18632-mexico-offers-new-alterations-to-decree-banning-gm-corn

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