"Almost no Mexican avocados to Europe this season due to smaller sizes"

Tholen - "It is an extremely difficult season for Mexican avocados. Normally around this period we are at the peak of the supply of the Mexican product, but due to a lack of volumes, virtually nothing goes to Europe," says Rodolfo Meza from Aztec Fruits, a Mexican exporter group with a sales office in Leuven. "We can speak of a dramatic year compared to the previous one." The high season for Mexican avocados normally runs from September to the end of December. "From January onwards we have to be a lot more careful. The chance of a high dry matter content is a lot higher in the period from December to February, so you have to be careful. Nevertheless, this year we are in the situation that we have been working almost all year round. do not send a product to Europe. It is simply not affordable," Rodolfo explains. The reason mainly lies in the sizes of the fruit. "Due to climatic problems, we mainly have medium and small sized avocados. The problem, however, is that all the important ...