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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COCA COLA FEMSA SAB DE CV
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000910631
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BOTTLED & CANNED SOFT DRINKS CARBONATED WATERS [2086]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GUILLERMO GONZALEZ CAMARENA NO. 600
		STREET 2:		COL. CENTRO DE CIUDAD SANTA FE
		CITY:			DELEGACION ALVARO OB
		STATE:			O5
		ZIP:			DF 01210
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5255335300

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		STREET 1:		GUILLERMO GONZALEZ CAMARENA NO. 600
		STREET 2:		COL. CENTRO DE CIUDAD SANTA FE
		CITY:			DELEGACION ALVARO OB
		STATE:			O5
		ZIP:			DF 01210

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		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COCA COLA FEMSA SA DE CV
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930814
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:61.54%;text-align:left;'>&nbsp;</p>
<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:61.54%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>September 15, 2008</font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><U><font SIZE=2>VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR TRANSMISSION</font></U></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Mr. John Reynolds</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Assistant Director</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:129.6%'><font size=2>Division of Corporation Finance</font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Washington, D.C.  20549</font></p>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V.</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:129.6%'><font size=2>Form 20-F for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2007</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:129.6%'><u><font size=2>File No. 001-12260             </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>By letter dated August 29, 2008, the staff (the &#147;</font><u><font size=2>Staff</font></u><font size=2>&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;</font><u><font size=2>Commission</font></u><font size=2>&#148;) provided comments on the annual report on Form 20-F (&#147;</font><u><font size=2>Form 20-F</font></u><font size=2>&#148;) filed on June 30, 2008 by Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. (the &#147;</font><u><font size=2>Company</font></u><font size=2>&#148;).  The Company is submitting today via EDGAR and facsimile responses to the Staff&#146;s comments.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>For convenience, we have reproduced below the Staff&#146;s comments and have provided responses immediately below the comments.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Recent developments, page 37</font></u></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>We note in the second paragraph under 'Recent developments' that on December 21, 2007 and on May 30, 2008, you sold to The Coca-Cola Company most of your proprietary brands and that these trademarks are now being licensed to you by The Coca-Cola Company. Please tell us the Mexican peso and U.S. dollar value of these transactions, and any other information regarding the transactions that is material to investors pursuant to Item 7 (B) of Form 20-F. Tell us why you have not discussed this transaction in Notes 13, 'Balances and Transactions with Related Parties and Affiliated Companies', or 29, 'Subsequent Events', pursuant to Rule 4-08 of Regulation S-X.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8.77%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The sale of brands to The Coca-Cola Company are considered sales of future revenues, for which reason they are recorded as a liability between the Company and The Coca-Cola Company and did not result in any loss or gain in the period to the Company.  The December 21, 2007 transaction is reflected in &#147;Note 13. Balances and Transactions with Related Parties and Affiliated Companies&#148; in the 2007 column under &#147;Liabilities (suppliers and other liabilities)&#151;The Coca-Cola Company&#148; and the May 30, 2008 transaction will be similarly reflected.  This </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Mr. John Reynolds, page 2</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>accounting treatment is described as follows in &#147;Note 4. Significant Accounting Policies&#148; under &#147;(n) Revenue Recognition&#148; as follows:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:15.38%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Revenues from the sale of private label brands in which the Company has a significant continuing involvement (i.e. will continue to produce and sell under the private label) are deferred and amortized against the related costs of future sales over the period of the sales arrangement.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8.77%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The December 21, 2007 transaction was valued at US$ 48 million (Ps. 522 million) and the May 30, 2008 transaction was valued at US$ 16 million (Ps. 158 million).  The Company did not separately disclose these amounts or provide subsequent event disclosure because it did not regard these amounts as material.  The Company will further clarify the accounting for these payments and include additional disclosure as to the value of the transactions and that the transactions were conducted on an arm&#146;s length basis in future filings.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Related Party Transactions, page 78</font></u></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>We note your discussion on page 57 regarding The Coca-Cola Company's contributions to your capital expenditure program, including the statement that you believe that Coca-Cola will make additional contributions in the future. With a view to disclosure in future filings, please advise us of the basis for this belief. See Item 7 B. of Form 20-F.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8.62%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We note the Staff&#146;s comment and advise the Staff that, to the extent the Company includes this statement in future filings, the Company will also disclose the basis for this belief, which principally consists of past practice with The Coca-Cola Company and the benefits to The Coca-Cola Company as owner of the Coca-Cola brands from investments that support the strength of the brands in the Company&#146;s territories.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Exhibits, page 107 </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>We note disclosure on pages 13 and 78 that on December 21, 2007 and May 30, 2008, you sold to The Coca-Cola Company most of your proprietary brands and that those trademarks are now being licensed to you by The Coca-Cola Company. It does not appear that any of your exhibits relate to these licensing arrangements. To the extent you have not filed these as material contracts, please confirm that you will do so in future filings, or advise. Please see Instruction 4 to Item 19 of Form 20-F.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8.62%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We note the Staff&#146;s comment and advise the Staff that the proprietary brands are licensed subject to the existing bottler agreements filed as exhibits to the Company&#146;s Form 20-F and are not subject to separate license agreements.  The Company will clarify its disclosure in future filings.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Mr. John Reynolds, page 3</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Note 4. Significant Accounting Policies, page F-7 </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Labor Liabilities, page F-10 </font></u><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>We note in the fourth paragraph on page F-10 and again in the sixth paragraph on page 39 that your Labor Liabilities include obligations for pension and retirement plans, seniority premiums and severance indemnity liabilities, all based on actuarial calculation by independent actuaries, using the projected unit credit method.  Given your reference to the use of such calculations, the experts that prepared such calculations should be named, and the respective consent of such expert should be filed as an exhibit in future Exchange Act reports. Please explain to us how you plan to address this comment in future filings.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We note the Staff&#146;s comment and advise the Staff that in our future filings on Form 20-F the Company will eliminate the references to an independent actuary and expand its disclosures to explain the method and assumptions used primarily by management to determine Labor Liabilities.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><u><font size=2>Note 16. Bonus Program, F-22</font></u></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>We note in the third paragraph on page F-22 that all shares held by the trusts are considered outstanding for earnings per share purposes and dividends on shares held by the trusts are charged to retained earnings. Please separately state how you account for CC FEMSA Series L Shares and the FEMSA BD Units held by the trust that manages your EVA Stock Incentive Plan. Please also tell us how you considered EITF 97-14 in accounting for the CC FEMSA Series L Shares held by the trust under US GAAP.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s stock incentive plans are employee stock ownership plans that represent defined contribution plans subject to SFAS No. 87 and are not stock option plans.  As such, these plans are outside the scope of both APB Opinion No. 25</font><i><font size=2> </font></i><font size=2>and SFAS No. 123.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Accordingly, the Company records compensation cost, equivalent to the amount of the cash contribution, in the year in which the executives earn the contribution, that is, in the year in which the executives render service entitling them to the contribution, even though the actual contribution may not be made until the following year.  The Company considered EITF 97-14 and determined that the stock incentive plans are not a deferred compensation arrangement subject to that Issue.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:8.31%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company confirms that, other than by payment of the cash contribution and the recording of compensation cost, the stock incentive plans, including the assets and liabilities of the trust and any forfeitures of shares, have no effect on the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements.  The Company notes that the trust acquires the shares in the market and not directly from the Company.  As a result, all Coca-Cola FEMSA shares held by the trust are considered outstanding for earnings per share computations and dividends on shares held by the trust are charged to retained earnings.  The Company will revise its disclosure in future periods to indicate that this statement is intended to apply only to Coca-Cola FEMSA shares and not to FEMSA BD </font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Units held by the trust, which as shares of Coca-Cola FEMSA&#146;s majority shareholder, do not have any effect on the computation of earnings per share or retained earnings.</font></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=2>We note in the first paragraph on page F-22 that 50% of the annual cash bonus is used to purchase FEMSA shares or options and the remaining is to be used to purchase CC FEMSA shares or options, and that the acquired shares or options are deposited in a trust. Please tell us the number of options purchased in 2007 under the EVA Stock Incentive Plan and how you account for the options purchased under the plan in accordance with US GAAP.</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>


<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Although the Company has the capacity to authorize the distribution of options to employees as compensation, the Company has never done so.  The Company will disclose in future filings that no options have been issued.</font></p>

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