# Mexico raises chicken import quota to avoid supply shortage
						 | The Poultry Site

> Mexico raised its tariff-free chicken import quota by 55,000 tonnes to avoid shortages caused by avian flu outbreaks. It also banned chicken imports from several US counties over a reported Newcastle disease outbreak.

- Date: 2019-05-28 · published 2019-05-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59232-mexico-raises-chicken-import-quota-to-avoid-supply-shortage-the-poultry-site
- Commodities: [Chicken](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CHICKEN.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Higher Mexican import quota supports demand for chicken, though the US county bans limit American exports. Net effect is modestly supportive for chicken and feed demand.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- CHICKEN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-09-25 | [Brazil's chicken meat prices rise on stronger consumer demand
						 \| The Poultry Site](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17601-brazil-s-chicken-meat-prices-rise-on-stronger-consumer-demand-the-poultry-site.md) | -0.4% | -6.0% |
| CORN | 2023-10-02 | [Mexico stands firm in face of U.S. imperialist pressure on GMO corn - The Non-GMO Report \| Non-GMO News, Farming & Supply Chain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33595-mexico-stands-firm-in-face-of-u-s-imperialist-pressure-on-gmo-corn-the-non-gmo.md) | +2.7% | +2.6% |
| CORN | 2021-08-30 | [WTO to examine U.S.-China dispute on grain import quotas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/45413-wto-to-examine-u-s-china-dispute-on-grain-import-quotas.md) | -6.1% | -11.6% |
| CORN | 2017-09-22 | [WTO panel set up on China-USA row on grain import quotas](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68854-wto-panel-set-up-on-china-usa-row-on-grain-import-quotas.md) | +0.2% | +2.5% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- thepoultrysite.com: https://www.thepoultrysite.com/news/2019/05/mexico-raises-chicken-import-quota-to-avoid-supply-shortage

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