# Vilsack Gives Assurances on US Corn Exports to Mexico | Hoosier Ag Today

> US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Senate Agriculture lawmakers he is confident Mexico will keep importing US biotech corn under USMCA rules, despite Mexico's planned ban by 2024. He said he had raised the issue personally with Mexico's president.

- Date: 2022-05-31 · published 2022-05-31T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/40927-vilsack-gives-assurances-on-us-corn-exports-to-mexico-hoosier-ag-today
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico is a top export market for US corn, so official assurances ease fears of lost demand, which limits downside pressure on US corn prices. The ban itself remains unresolved.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: 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 | 2023-02-14 | [US Ag Chief Vilsack ‘Disappointed’ in Mexico GMO Corn Decree - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37295-us-ag-chief-vilsack-disappointed-in-mexico-gmo-corn-decree-bloomberg.md) | -0.8% | -5.8% |
| CORN | 2017-09-07 | [Mexico presses to open Canadian, U.S. agricultural export markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68924-mexico-presses-to-open-canadian-u-s-agricultural-export-markets.md) | -1.8% | +3.2% |
| CORN | 2026-10-01 | [The Corn Dispute at the Heart of US–Mexico Agricultural Trade](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17432-the-corn-dispute-at-the-heart-of-us-mexico-agricultural-trade.md) | -1.2% | -6.7% |
| CORN | 2024-04-18 | [Tense Exchange on US-Mexico Corn Dispute at House Ways and Means Hearing \| American Ag Network](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30707-tense-exchange-on-us-mexico-corn-dispute-at-house-ways-and-means-hearing.md) | -0.4% | +4.0% |

## Sources

- bio.news: https://bio.news/agriculture/vilsack-tells-senate-gene-edited-corn-exports-to-mexico-will-continue/
- hoosieragtoday.com: https://www.hoosieragtoday.com/2022/06/01/vilsack-gives-assurances-on-us-corn-exports-to-mexico-2/

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