Bad weather will hit Mexican berry production and shipments this year

(Agraria.pe) The increase in the cost of inputs, the volatility of the peso-dollar exchange rate, as well as bad weather and labor shortages, have impacted the berry market in Mexico in recent years, which is why a decrease in both production and exports is expected for 2025. “We see 2025 as a challenge, above all, because we are coming from a couple of seasons where weather conditions are making production more difficult. With challenges also because we have had shortages in labor, sometimes with a 15% deficit for the largest producers. In addition, with a currency that has not helped at all,” explained the general director of the National Association of Berry Exporters (Aneberries), Juan José Flores García, in an interview. Exports of berries -strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and blueberries- will reach around 529,000 tons at the end of 2024, compared to the 541,000 tons recorded in 2023, which would represent a decrease of 2.22 percent. Regarding the value of exports in ...