# Mexican importers looking for new business | News, Sports, Jobs - Farm News

> Delegations from five major Mexican grain importers toured Iowa feed mills, a cooperative, an ethanol plant and a farm in late October before attending the U.S. Grains Council Export Exchange in Detroit. Buyers said Mexico remains a strong market for US corn, which reached record export levels this marketing year.

- Date: 2016-11-04 · published 2016-11-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73816-mexican-importers-looking-for-new-business-news-sports-jobs-farm-news
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [DDGS](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DDGS.md)

## Why it matters

Active buyer engagement from Mexico, the largest US corn export market, supports demand expectations for US corn, though this is a trade-relations visit rather than a new purchase.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bullish ▲
- DDGS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-07-23 | [Mexico Business News: Mexico Grain Imports Hit Highest…](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18313-mexico-business-news-mexico-grain-imports-hit-highest.md) | -2.8% | -0.4% |
| CORN | 2020-10-15 | [Imported tortillas? Big Mexican farmers fear cuts will hit harvests](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50626-imported-tortillas-big-mexican-farmers-fear-cuts-will-hit-harvests.md) | +2.7% | +4.5% |
| CORN | 2020-10-29 | [China Could Be Looking to Import More Corn \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50500-china-could-be-looking-to-import-more-corn-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american.md) | -0.2% | +8.5% |
| CORN | 2020-03-25 | [Cheap US corn lures Chinese buyers seeking American grain - Agweek \| #1 source for agriculture news, farming, markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54000-cheap-us-corn-lures-chinese-buyers-seeking-american-grain-agweek-1-source-for.md) | +5.3% | -3.8% |
| CORN | 2024-12-11 | [Export demand surging for US corn, soybean oil \| Baking Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26904-export-demand-surging-for-us-corn-soybean-oil-baking-business.md) | +0.5% | +2.4% |

## Sources

- farm-news.com: https://www.farm-news.com/2016/11/04/mexican-importers-looking-for-new-business/

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