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Mexico’s Lower House Approves Sustainable Coffee Law, Returning It to the Senate

The measure creates sector registries with data oversight to bolster small growers under sustainable rules.

Overview

  • Lawmakers passed the bill with 399 votes in general and 377 in particular, sending the amended text back to the Senate for constitutional review.
  • It aims to regulate production through commercialization to improve quality, add value and integrate the entire coffee chain as a basic, strategic product.
  • The framework creates a National Commission for Coffee Development, a comprehensive registry of sector participants and a National Coffee Information System coordinated with INEGI and SIAP.
  • A Coffee Commercialization Committee will monitor production, domestic consumption and trade flows and will guard against unfair export practices under applicable trade rules.
  • Provisions prioritize small producers and association models and embed agroecological measures such as shaded cultivation near protected areas, reflecting a sector that involves over 500,000 growers and more than 30 indigenous communities.