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.