# MAIZALL Mission to Mexico – MAIZALL

> A MAIZALL delegation visited Mexico August 13-18 to meet government and industry officials about the 2020 presidential decree banning GM corn for human consumption by 2024. The group also raised concerns about Mexico's lack of approvals for new GM corn events since May 2018.

- Date: 2022-08-19 · published 2022-08-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40007-maizall-mission-to-mexico-maizall
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Lack of GM event approvals and the decree threaten Mexico's 17 million tonne annual GM corn imports, a risk to US and South American corn export demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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% |
| CORN | 2023-07-20 | [US Requests Mexico to Delay GM Corn Prohibition](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35021-us-requests-mexico-to-delay-gm-corn-prohibition.md) | +9.4% | -7.2% |
| CORN | 2017-02-14 | ['No Mas' to U.S. Corn Imports, Mexico Senator Says](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72496-no-mas-to-u-s-corn-imports-mexico-senator-says.md) | -0.2% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-03-22 | [Iowa Ag Secretary focused on GM corn ban during recent trade mission to Mexico - Brownfield Ag News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42276-iowa-ag-secretary-focused-on-gm-corn-ban-during-recent-trade-mission-to-mexico.md) | +2.8% | +8.6% |
| CORN | 2022-08-15 | [US Grain Exports to Mexico May Get Tougher \| Hoosier Ag Today](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40008-us-grain-exports-to-mexico-may-get-tougher-hoosier-ag-today.md) | -1.1% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- maizallalliance.org: https://www.maizallalliance.org/maizall-mission-to-mexico/

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