# Columba López scolds industrial buyers: asks them to honor corn agreements

> Mexican Agriculture Secretary Columba López said food industry firms have not met their pledges to reduce corn imports and sign advance purchase contracts with domestic producers. Gruma's Maseca was named as the only company buying in line with the agreements.

- Date: 2026-11-11 · published 2026-11-12T00:17:33.026Z
- Category: trade · region Mexico · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/94473-columba-lopez-scolds-industrial-buyers-asks-them-to-honor-corn-agreements
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

If industrial buyers cut imports and buy more domestic corn, US corn export demand to Mexico would fall. Domestic contracting would also support Mexican corn prices.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2026-06-02 | [Weak Ethanol Exports Free Up Domestic Supply for Fuel and Industrial Buyers](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18806-weak-ethanol-exports-free-up-domestic-supply-for-fuel-and-industrial-buyers.md) | -4.9% | -8.5% |
| CORN | 2022-11-15 | [Uncertainty for the Corn Industry in Mexico \| Insights \| Holland & Knight](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38656-uncertainty-for-the-corn-industry-in-mexico-insights-holland-and-knight.md) | -1.3% | -5.1% |
| CORN | 2023-09-29 | [U.S. corn prices slump as top buyer China turns to Brazil - Nikkei Asia](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14810-u-s-corn-prices-slump-as-top-buyer-china-turns-to-brazil-nikkei-asia.md) | +1.9% | +0.9% |
| CORN | 2023-07-07 | [The US is the world's biggest corn exporter - but for how long? - BBC News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/14827-the-us-is-the-world-s-biggest-corn-exporter-but-for-how-long-bbc-news.md) | +2.6% | -9.3% |
| CORN | 2022-11-09 | [Mexico not buying U.S. yellow corn as GM ban looms, Lopez Obrador says \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38652-mexico-not-buying-u-s-yellow-corn-as-gm-ban-looms-lopez-obrador-says-reuters.md) | +1.6% | -5.7% |

## Sources

- centralmunicipal.mx: https://centralmunicipal.mx/economia/2026/11/11/regana-columba-lopez-a-industriales-pide-cumplir-acuerdos-en-maiz/

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