Mexico’s Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) told Mexico Business News on Sept. 23, 2026, that white-corn inventories are sufficient and that tortilla prices should remain broadly stable. The ministry pointed to the start of the Spring–Summer 2026 harvest as a near-term supply cushion.
White corn was up about 6% over the prior four weeks, or roughly MX$400 per metric ton. SADER’s cost framing puts corn at about 34% of the cost of 1 kg of tortillas, with roughly 700 kg of corn needed per metric ton of tortillas. On that math, a MX$100/t corn rise equates to about MX$0.07/kg of tortillas — so a MX$400/t move is about MX$0.28/kg.
SNIIM data as of Sept. 21 put the supermarket average near MX$14.59/kg, with some city shop ranges often MX$16–17/kg, while the national traditional-shop average was about MX$24.52/kg. Industry voices including Blanca Mejía (Council for Traditional Tortilla), Homero López (National Tortilla Council / CNT), and Sergio Jarquín pushed back on energy, labor, informality, and agreement friction — and cited organized-crime pressure in some operating contexts — without the ministry claiming crime control as a solved policy lever.
For U.S. masa and tortilla plant readers, the brief is less about a single retail shelf price and more about white-corn cost pass-through and Mexico supply messaging. Full figures and quotes are in the Mexico Business News report.
SADER National Tortilla Council