# Mexico quietly ruling on GMO traits as biotech corn ban looms | 2022-10-25 | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.

> Mexico's health regulator Cofepris has quietly approved and rejected GMO traits without publishing results, with rejections concentrated on glyphosate-resistant corn. Mexico was the largest foreign market for US corn last year, taking about 25% of US exports.

- Date: 2022-10-26 · published 2022-10-26T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/39109-mexico-quietly-ruling-on-gmo-traits-as-biotech-corn-ban-looms-2022-10-25-agri
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Opaque trait approvals add to doubt about future US corn shipments to Mexico, a key export buyer, which weighs on US corn demand expectations.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2023-05-31 | [Pesticide, biotech industry meet with still no US action on Mexico  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35908-pesticide-biotech-industry-meet-with-still-no-us-action-on-mexico-agri-pulse.md) | -1.8% | +0.1% |
| CORN | 2023-08-30 | [Mexico embeds GM corn ban in food regs as USMCA dispute intensifies \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34542-mexico-embeds-gm-corn-ban-in-food-regs-as-usmca-dispute-intensifies-agri-pulse.md) | -0.0% | -8.2% |
| CORN | 2020-08-14 | [Novak: Mexico heading down EU path on ag restrictions \| 2020-08-14  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51584-novak-mexico-heading-down-eu-path-on-ag-restrictions-2020-08-14-agri-pulse.md) | +0.7% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2021-04-29 | [Opinion: The Biden administration should address Mexico’s bans on genetically engineered corn and glyphosate \| 2021-04-29  \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47584-opinion-the-biden-administration-should-address-mexico-s-bans-on-genetically.md) | +5.9% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2019-01-28 | [Farm subsidies to leap on $9.8 billion in trade aid \| 2019-01-28 \| Agri-Pulse \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61080-farm-subsidies-to-leap-on-9-8-billion-in-trade-aid-2019-01-28-agri-pulse-agri.md) | +0.7% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- agri-pulse.com: https://www.agri-pulse.com/articles/18416-mexico-quietly-ruling-on-gmo-traits-as-biotech-corn-ban-looms

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