# Vilsack 'confident' in US corn exports to Mexico despite reported expansion of biotech ban | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said he is confident corn sales to Mexico will continue as planned, citing talks with Mexican Agriculture Secretary Victor Villalobos. He disputed the deputy minister's forecast that Mexico would halve US corn imports under the GMO ban set for January 2024.

- Date: 2022-10-28 · published 2022-10-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39107-vilsack-confident-in-us-corn-exports-to-mexico-despite-reported-expansion-of
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The conflicting official signals leave uncertainty over the size of Mexico's US corn import loss, which keeps a risk premium on US corn export expectations.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-12-16 | [Mexico offers new alterations to decree banning GM corn \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38229-mexico-offers-new-alterations-to-decree-banning-gm-corn-agri-pulse.md) | +0.7% | +3.0% |
| 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 | 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% |
| 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 | 2018-02-21 | [Global protectionism threatens US ethanol exports, industry says \| 2018-02-20 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66501-global-protectionism-threatens-us-ethanol-exports-industry-says-2018-02-20-agri.md) | +0.8% | +3.0% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/18429-vilsack-confident-in-us-corn-exports-to-mexico-despite-reported-expansion-of-biotech-ban

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