# Mexico Increases its Corn Imports on its Non-GMO Path

> Mexico imported 14.62 million metric tons of corn in the first ten months of 2021, up 7.2% year on year, and is projected to reach 17.86 million tons for the full year. White corn imports rose about 50% as drought cut domestic white corn output, while first-half domestic production fell 5.2%.

- Date: 2021-12-10 · published 2021-12-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/43569-mexico-increases-its-corn-imports-on-its-non-gmo-path
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Mexican import demand, especially for US yellow corn, supports US corn export prices. Uncertainty over the phase-out of GMO corn imports adds risk to that demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2020-01-27 | [Mexico Will Have Higher Corn Imports in 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55044-mexico-will-have-higher-corn-imports-in-2020.md) | -1.2% | -1.8% |
| CORN | 2024-10-15 | [Mexico's corn imports surge amid production challenges - Fastmarkets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/27818-mexico-s-corn-imports-surge-amid-production-challenges-fastmarkets.md) | -0.1% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2025-02-07 | [Mexico officially repeals biotech imports corn ban \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26006-mexico-officially-repeals-biotech-imports-corn-ban-world-grain.md) | +1.5% | -6.3% |
| CORN | 2026-04-06 | [Mexico Imports Record Amount of Corn From US - Mexico Solidarity Media](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19673-mexico-imports-record-amount-of-corn-from-us-mexico-solidarity-media.md) | -1.8% | +2.8% |
| CORN | 2026-04-09 | [U.S. Grains & BioProducts Council partnership boosts non-GMO white corn exports to Mexico \| Feed & Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19672-u-s-grains-and-bioproducts-council-partnership-boosts-non-gmo-white-corn.md) | +0.9% | +1.5% |

## Sources

- tridge.com: https://www.tridge.com/stories/mexico-increases-its-corn-imports-on-its-non-gmo-path

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