# Mexico presses to open Canadian, U.S. agricultural export markets

> Mexico is pressing to open Canadian and U.S. agricultural export markets during NAFTA talks. Mexico currently buys most of its roughly 13 million tonnes of annual yellow corn imports from the United States, and officials said that is unlikely to change quickly.

- Date: 2017-09-07 · published 2017-09-07T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68924-mexico-presses-to-open-canadian-u-s-agricultural-export-markets
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico is the largest buyer of U.S. yellow corn, so continued dependence on U.S. supply supports export demand, while any shift toward Brazil or Argentina would be bearish for U.S. corn.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-08-27 | [U.S., Mexico reach NAFTA deal, turn up pressure on Canada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63754-u-s-mexico-reach-nafta-deal-turn-up-pressure-on-canada.md) | +0.5% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2018-08-10 | [China expects its U.S. agricultural imports to fall sharply - Grainews](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63520-china-expects-its-u-s-agricultural-imports-to-fall-sharply-grainews.md) | -7.5% | -9.1% |
| 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 | 2025-05-02 | [Ukraine's agricultural exports drop 23.4% in April](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14205-ukraine-s-agricultural-exports-drop-23-4-in-april.md) | -3.8% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2025-10-29 | [Comments to USTR on the Review of the U.S.-Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) - Public Citizen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22352-comments-to-ustr-on-the-review-of-the-u-s-mexico-canada-agreement-usmca-public.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/commodities/mexico-presses-to-open-canadian-us-agricultural-export-markets-idUSL2N1LN2MJ/

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