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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1


                               CONSENT OF KPMG LLP



The Board of Directors
Corn Products International, Inc.



We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Forms
S-8 (No. 333-43479, 333-43525, 333-71573, 333-83557, and 333-33100) of Corn
Products International, Inc. of our report dated January 19, 2001, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Corn Products International, Inc. and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related consolidated
statements of income, stockholders' equity, comprehensive income and cash flows
for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2000 which
report is included in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of Corn
Products International, Inc. Our report refers to a change in the method of
inventory costing.


                                                    /s/ KPMG LLP


March 23, 2001
Chicago, Illinois