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Corn and wheat production for marketing year (MY) 2023/2024 are forecast lower based on less planted area and unfavorable weather conditions. Rice and sorghum production are forecast to increase.

On December 27, 2023 the Government of Mexico published a presidential decree to extend the exemption of tariffs and easing of administrative procedures for the importation of basic food basket products through December 31, 2024.

Mexico’s 2024 blueberry production is forecast at 81,000 MT, an eight percent increase over 2023 on sufficient water access and growing export demand. The rate of production growth is projected to be slower in 2024 compared to 2023 due to competition from Peru.

SAGARPA announced in the Mexican Federal Register (Diario Oficial) new grain and oilseed supports offered in several Mexican states (listed below) all applicable to the 2014 spring/summer crop cycle.

Mexican sugar production for marketing year 2015/16 is forecast to be at 6.5 million metric tons rawvalue (MMT-RV), although there is not yet an official forecast.

On April 7, the SAGARPA published a proposal in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register) establishing the criteria to be included in the quality certification label on packages of seeds for planting.

The United States exported a record $9.7 billion of forest products in fiscal year 2014. Among U.S. agricultural exports, only corn and soybeans had higher export values.

Post/New MY 2015/2016 total Mexican cotton production is forecast to decrease approximately 19 percent due to an expected decrease in planted area.

The Post New MY 2015/16 total Mexican oilseed production forecast decreased slightly to 482,000 metric tons (MT) based on a slight decrease in harvested area.

On March 30, 2015, the Secretariat of Economy published an announcement in the Diario Oficial (Federal Register), increasing the maximum export limit of Mexican sugar to the United States.

On March 26, 2015, the Mexican Service of Administration and Disposition of Assets published an announcement in the Diario Oficial containing the public tender for the sale of nine sugar mills.

The following report provides a summary and update of the nine primary ports of entry (POE) located along the 1,900-mile-long United States–Mexico border.