# Mexican Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ban on Transgenic Corn - Seed Freedom

> Mexico's Supreme Court declined to review a Monsanto appeal, leaving in place a lower court ban on GMO maize plantings. The ruling keeps the restriction on transgenic corn cultivation in Mexico while related cases proceed in lower courts.

- Date: 2017-05-14 · published 2017-05-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70977-mexican-supreme-court-upholds-lower-court-ban-on-transgenic-corn-seed-freedom
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Mexico's domestic GMO planting ban does not directly restrict US corn imports, so the price impact is limited, though it reinforces Mexico's long-term reliance on imported grain.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-11-25 | [Mexico court rejects appeal to lift transgenic corn ban: lawyer](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67967-mexico-court-rejects-appeal-to-lift-transgenic-corn-ban-lawyer.md) | +0.6% | +6.3% |
| 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 | 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 | 2023-11-27 | [Public News Service \| Mexico’s GM Corn Ban Opens Market for American Farmers \| Farm Action](https://feedsoft.ai/events/33148-public-news-service-mexico-s-gm-corn-ban-opens-market-for-american-farmers-farm.md) | -0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2024-08-26 | [Has Mexico Banned Genetically Modified Corn?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28748-has-mexico-banned-genetically-modified-corn.md) | +2.6% | +6.4% |

## Sources

- seedfreedom.info: https://seedfreedom.info/mexican-supreme-court-upholds-lower-court-ban-on-transgenic-corn/

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