Mexico estimates a two-digit growth in its national apple production by the end of the 2021 agricultural cycle

Apple production in Mexico reached a volume of 714,203.20 tons in 2020 and it is estimated that it could register a growth of up to 14 percent at the end of the 2021 agricultural cycle, highlighted the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The federal agency pointed out that in the period 2012-2020, the production of this fruit, considered the one with the highest consumption in the world, increased at an average annual rate of 8.4 percent. Based on figures from the Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), he explained that the main producing state is Chihuahua, with a volume of 594,711 tons, just over 83 percent of the total national production. It is followed by Coahuila, with 44,748 tons, and Puebla, with a production of 34,454 tons. In 2020, the participation of the apple in the national production of fruits was 3.0 percent. Agriculture highlighted that this fruit is grown in all parts of the world and is divided into five groups: yellow, red, green, bicolor ...