National Ag News
Mexico considers granting duty-free access to South American corn
Mar 27, 2017, 17:44 PM
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The president of the U.S. Grains Council says Mexico, the number one customer of U.S. corn, is considering offering duty-free access to Brazil and Argentina.
Tom Sleight tells Brownfield corn originating from South America is already competitively priced, and eliminating tariffs would likely result in less demand for grain produced in the U.S.
“We don’t want to see your best customer start to look elsewhere. That, combined with a lot of the intertwining transportation and marketing challenges you already have between the U.S.
