Mexico: They export 18 thousand tons of rambutan abroad

Published 2020년 10월 8일

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Despite challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic and adverse weather conditions, the Association of Producers of Rambután del Soconusco has seen a 40% increase in rambutan sales to the United States and Canada, shipping 18-22 thousand tons. This is due to the product's quality and safety standards, and the United States market's strengthening despite sanitary restrictions in Guatemala, a usual large buyer, leading to a 40% increase in shipments, reaching 90 instead of the previous year's 60. However, the total amount generated this year was lower, with 22 thousand tons produced, compared to 27 thousand tons in the previous year. The rambutan industry in Soconusco covers 2,500 hectares and employs over 10,000 workers.

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RAMÓN GARCÍA. FOURTH POWER. TAPACHULA, Chiapas. Despite the problems faced by the Covid-19 pandemic and inclement weather, the president of the Association of Producers of Rambután del Soconusco, Alfredo López García, stressed that they were sent to the United States and Canada between 18 and 22 thousand tons of this product. In that sense, he stressed that this amount represents an increase in the sale of fruit (considered exotic) by 40%, thanks to the quality and safety standards that are handled in orchards. The market that was complicated, due to sanitary restrictions, was that of Guatemala, a country that in other crops has been the largest buyer of this product, however, this time only 10 percent of all production was sent. In previous years, he said, 12,000 tons were shipped to the United States; Fortunately, this quantity increased and, the best thing, is that a new international market was achieved. “The pandemic closed the Guatemalan market; There was hardly any domestic ...

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