# Mexico court rejects appeal to lift transgenic corn ban: lawyer

> A Mexican court rejected an appeal seeking to lift the ban on commercial cultivation of genetically modified corn. Mexico currently allows GM corn only for scientific use on up to 1 hectare and for non-commercial pilot schemes on up to 10 hectares under judicial supervision.

- Date: 2017-11-25 · published 2017-11-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/67967-mexico-court-rejects-appeal-to-lift-transgenic-corn-ban-lawyer
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

The ruling keeps Mexico's domestic GM corn planting restricted, so it does little to change near-term US corn export demand, which depends mainly on imports already permitted.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-05-14 | [Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ban on Transgenic Corn - Seed Freedom](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70977-mexican-supreme-court-upholds-lower-court-ban-on-transgenic-corn-seed-freedom.md) | +0.5% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2023-09-06 | [Mexico Could Modify GM Corn Ban to Appease US, Canada and Avoid Tariffs](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34072-mexico-could-modify-gm-corn-ban-to-appease-us-canada-and-avoid-tariffs.md) | -1.3% | -6.5% |
| CORN | 2017-05-12 | [Mexican Supreme Court Refuses to Review Monsanto Appeal on GMO Maize Permits - Sustainable Pulse](https://feedsoft.ai/events/70978-mexican-supreme-court-refuses-to-review-monsanto-appeal-on-gmo-maize-permits.md) | -0.3% | +3.4% |
| CORN | 2023-11-08 | [Groups formally request to support Mexico’s ban on GM corn in USMCA trade dispute \| IATP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33145-groups-formally-request-to-support-mexico-s-ban-on-gm-corn-in-usmca-trade.md) | +0.4% | -0.5% |
| CORN | 2020-04-29 | [Native Corn Is Now Protected Under Mexico’s Law](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53598-native-corn-is-now-protected-under-mexico-s-law.md) | +2.5% | +2.3% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-corn/mexico-court-rejects-appeal-to-lift-transgenic-corn-ban-lawyer-idUSKBN1DP05F/

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