Mexico Expresses Concern over China’s 54.3% Tariffs on Pecans
China’s anti-dumping ruling hits Mexican pecan exporters with duties up to 51.6% starting Tuesday; the Economy Secretariat says it will seek to prevent their final imposition.
Agriculture
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People’s Mañanera August 4
President Sheinbaum’s daily press conference, with comments on corn producers, the transparency decree, the INAI overhaul, audience rights, press freedom, plush pensions, and new childcare centers.
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Mexico Exported 501,824 Tonnes of Avocado to the US Between January and April
A 35% surge over 2025 keeps avocado Mexico’s second-biggest agri-food export to the US, a market worth US$3.653 billion last year.
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Sheinbaum Confirms Resumption of Mexican Cattle Exports to the US
The US border, shut to Mexican cattle since May 2025 over a screwworm outbreak, reopens in late August via Agua Prieta, Sonora, then two points in Chihuahua.
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Record High for Mexico’s Corn Imports in the First Half of the Year
Corn imports hit 12.28 million tons, almost all US yellow corn for livestock, while white corn for tortillas fell as domestic harvests stabilized supply.
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Mexico’s Fertilizers for Well-Being Reaches 89% of Its 2026 Goal; More Than 1,920,000 Producers Benefited
By early July, the program had moved nearly 970,000 tons of fertilizer through 1,033 centers, and Coahuila was the first state to reach 100%.
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Lime Growers of Papantla, Veracruz, Will Export to Russia for the First Time; It Will Be 21.4 Tons of the Citrus
The shipment could rise to 257.4 tons by late 2026, after the government’s Sembrando Vida program let Papantla’s 9,500 growers sell directly to foreign buyers.
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Mexico Will Be the Fifth Market With Highest Corn Demand and Top Importer in 2035
OECD-FAO projections put Mexico at 10% of all corn traded worldwide by 2035, the widest gap between consumption and domestic production of any major buyer.
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Sheinbaum Inaugurates Plant to Halt the Screwworm in Metapa, Chiapas
Built jointly with the US, the sterile-fly plant drew a $83.8 million pledge from Washington as Sheinbaum framed cooperation over confrontation.
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Mexican Milk & Dairy Imports Start 2026 at Record High
The figures represent the highest level recorded since data has been available, as subsidized US imports, droughts, and increased grain prices have battered Mexican producers.
