Mexico: Sonora is a leader in agricultural exports

Published 2021년 5월 5일

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Sonora state is a leading agricultural exporter in Mexico, with exports valued at $4,480 million in 2020, accounting for 12% of the country's total agricultural exports. The United States and Canada were the primary recipients, receiving 73% of the state's total exports. The state is free from certain diseases affecting grapes and fruit flies, which has aided in the diversification of crops. The most exported products include table grapes, asparagus, watermelon, potato, chili, zucchini, squash, citrus, walnut, and wheat. Sonora holds the world's first place in pecan nut exports, third place in crystalline wheat and asparagus exports, and seventh place in zucchini and sardines exports, and is the national leader in the production of several vegetables, wheat, table grapes, and asparagus.

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EDUARDO LÓPEZ. THE IMPARTIAL. The entity leads in the export of products such as pecan nuts, table grapes and asparagus, among others, which is why it ranks fifth in Mexico among the states that send goods from the agricultural sector abroad. With an export of 4 thousand 48 million dollars to the year 2020, which represents 12% at the national level, in the entity the value of sales abroad has increased in the last year, observing an increase of 9.4% between 2019 and 2020. During 2020, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Hydraulic Resources, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sagarhpa), 73% of its total exports went to the United States and Canada, Mexico's main trading partners. The rest of the entity's field products were sent to countries such as China, Japan, Brazil and Chile, among others; For the secretary of the Sagarhpa in the State, Jorge Guzmán Nieves, having a strict sanitation at the agricultural level has allowed Sonora to be located in these ...

Source: Inforural