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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-23-112936
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231031
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231031
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231031

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MEXICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001061736
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BOTTLED & CANNED SOFT DRINKS CARBONATED WATERS [2086]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			O5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35934
		FILM NUMBER:		231364623

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GENERAL ANAYA NO 601 PTE
		STREET 2:		COLONIA BELLA VISTA
		CITY:			MONTERREY, N.L.
		STATE:			O5
		ZIP:			64410
		BUSINESS PHONE:		528183286167

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GENERAL ANAYA NO 601 PTE
		STREET 2:		COLONIA BELLA VISTA
		CITY:			MONTERREY, N.L.
		STATE:			O5
		ZIP:			64410
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">WASHINGTON</FONT>,
DC 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">FORM&nbsp;6-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">For the month of October&nbsp;2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt">FOMENTO ECON&Oacute;MICO
MEXICANO, S.A.B. DE C.V.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Mexican Economic Development,&nbsp;Inc.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">United Mexican States</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">General Anaya No.&nbsp;601 Pte.<BR>
Colonia Bella Vista<BR>
Monterrey, Nuevo Le&oacute;n 64410<BR>
M&eacute;xico</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
files or will file annual reports</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">under cover of Form&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F:</P>

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the Form&nbsp;6-K in paper as</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1): <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting
the Form&nbsp;6-K in paper as</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7): <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing
the information contained in this</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Commission pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Yes <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>
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file number assigned to the registrant in</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">connection with Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b): 82-_____________</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf of the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">FOMENTO ECON&Oacute;MICO MEXICANO, S.A. DE C.V.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%">/s/ Eugenio Garza y Garza</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Eugenio Garza y Garza</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Director of Finance and Corporate Development</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: October, 31, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>FEMSA <I>Forward</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Focused Leadership in Retail &amp; Beverages</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Envoy Solutions and BradyIFS successfully complete
transaction</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Monterrey, Mexico, October 31, 2023 &mdash;
</B>Fomento Econ&oacute;mico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (&ldquo;FEMSA&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (NYSE: FMX; BMV: FEMSAUBD, FEMSAUB)
announced today that the transaction bringing together BradyIFS and Envoy Solutions has closed successfully, after receiving the necessary
regulatory approvals.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The transaction combines the strengths and complementary
footprints of Envoy Solutions and BradyIFS to create a strong customer-focused platform to effectively provide its customers with high-value
solutions, and its supplier partners with excellent market reach, delivering more products and solutions in more locations across the
United States.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">With this transaction, FEMSA continues to deliver
on its FEMSA Forward strategy.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">###</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><B>ABOUT
FEMSA</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">FEMSA
is a company that creates economic and social value through companies and institutions and strives to be the best employer and neighbor
to the communities in which it operates. It participates in the retail industry through a Proximity Division operating OXXO, a small-format
store chain, and other related retail formats, and Proximity Europe which includes Valora, our European retail unit which operates convenience
and foodvenience formats. In the retail industry it also participates though a FEMSA Health, which includes drugstores and related activities
and Digital@FEMSA, which includes Spin by OXXO and Spin Premia, among other digital financial services initiatives. In the beverage industry,
it participates through Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest franchise bottler of Coca-Cola products in the world by volume. Across its business
units, FEMSA has more than 350,000 employees in 18 countries. FEMSA is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability MILA Pacific Alliance,
the FTSE4Good Emerging Index and the Mexican Stock Exchange Sustainability Index: S&amp;P/BMV Total M&eacute;xico ESG, among other indexes
that evaluate its sustainability performance.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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</B>(52) 818-328-6000<BR>
investor@femsa.com.mx<BR>
femsa.gcs-web.com</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 25%"><B>Media Contact<BR>
</B>(52) 555-249-6843<BR>
comunicacion@femsa.com.mx<BR>
femsa.com</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 45%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">October 31, 2023</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Page 1</FONT></TD>
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