Overview

• Agriculture Secretary Julio Berdegué said national white corn supply is secured for 2025 as the spring-summer cycle of 18.5 million tonnes plus Sinaloa’s 2.2 million-tonne harvest and U.S. imports will top 20 million tonnes
• A more than two-year drought in northern Mexico has driven Sinaloa’s white corn output down to about 2.2 million tonnes from an annual average of 6 million tonnes
• White corn imports from the United States jumped 253% to 586,000 tonnes in January–June 2025, compared with 166,000 tonnes during the same period in 2024
• All imported white corn arrived under USMCA terms, underscoring Mexico’s growing agricultural interdependence with the United States
• Mexico has become the world’s largest corn buyer and the second-largest importer of grains and oilseeds after China, fueled by surging purchases of white and yellow corn