The United Mexican States have 18 Designations of Origin (DO, Denominación de Origen in Spanish), granted by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI), which also issues declarations to protect the product, register the brand and authorize its use. However, these names are not created by the IMPI, but rather "exist because of factual situations; that is, they are first used, famous and recognized by the public that consumes them, and later, they are protected through the corresponding declaration".
The first denomination of origin declared in Mexico was tequila in 1974 (DO enjoyed by 181 municipalities distributed between Jalisco, Michoacán, Tamaulipas, Nayarit and Guanajuato), while the last was the Pluma coffee in 2020 (30 municipalities in Oaxaca).
List +ImageProductYearPlaceFood200082 municipalities in Veracruz200377 municipalities in ChiapasAtaúlfo mango200313 municipalities in Soconusco region, Chiapas200919 municipalities in Veracruz19 municipalities in Puebla(total of 38)2008All the municipalities that make up the State of Yucatán (106)201222 municipalities in Morelos201611 municipalities in Tabasco20009 municipalities in Jalisco2 municipalities in ZacatecasDrinksBacanora196935 municipalities in SonoraTequila1969125 municipalities in Jalisco30 municipalities in Michoacán11 municipalities in Tamaulipas8 municipalities in Nayarit7 municipalities in Guanajuato(total of 181)Mezcal19942001 2003201220152018Aguascalientes (7 municipalities), Durango (39 m.), Guanajuato (2 m.), Guerrero (81 m.), State of México (15 m.), Michoacán (29 m.), Morelos (23 m.), Oaxaca (570 m.), Puebla (116 m.), San Luis Potosí (58 m.), Tamaulipas (11 m.), Zacatecas (58 m.)(total of 1009)Sotol2002All the municipalities that make up Chihuahua (67), Coahuila (38) and Durango (39)Charanda200316 municipalities in MichoacánRaicilla201916 municipalities in Jalisco1 municipality in NayaritArtesaníasOlinalá lacquerware1994Olinalá, GuerreroTalavera pottery19975 municipalities in PueblaChiapan amber200020037 municipalities in Chiapas
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