Tequila loses out to tomato and soft fruit exports in Mexico

Mexico is a horticultural country. Of course for own consumption, but certainly also for export. The main Mexican food exports are beer (with a total value of $ 4.8 billion in 2019), avocado ($ 3.1 billion), soft fruit ($ 2.6 billion), tomato ($ 2 billion), tequila (1, $ 9 billion), paprika ($ 1.4 billion) and beef ($ 1.3 billion). At $ 8.8 billion, Mexico had the highest food-trade surplus in the last 25 years in 2019. The Netherlands is the seventh largest export destination for Mexico by value and the second most important European export destination for Mexican agri-food products after ...