Due to pandemic, exports and national sales of prickly pear fall 30%

The Covid-19 pandemic is also affecting the national sale of prickly pear and its exports to the United States and Canada, falling 30% in the more than four months that are contingency; In addition producers urged the authorities to promote a revaluation of the fruit, which is more appreciated abroad because they know the nutritional properties. Omar Carpio Flores, national president of the Mexican Union of Producers of Nopal, Tuna and Maguey, with a presence in 17 states and 30,000 members, commented that they have not been saved from the ravages of the pandemic, but at the same time worries about the future of the sector. for next year, as prickly pear is displaced to the third level in consumption over other fruits, despite the fact that it can stay up to 30 days on shelves without spoiling. In this regard, he commented that each producer was placing up to five trucks a week on the national market, but as a result of the contingency there are only two, while abroad they are ...