Mexico: Borders open due to bean crisis

MOISÉS RAMÍREZ AND VÍCTOR FUENTES. THE NORTH. MONTERREY, Nuevo León. The Ministries of Agriculture and the Economy urged the National Commission for Regulatory Improvement (Conamer) to authorize the duty-free import of 70 thousand tons of black beans to compensate for a drop in their production. In an official letter, they pointed out that the shortage is a product of the 2019 drought, from which producers have not been able to recover and has raised bean prices. In this regard, producers recognized the effect of the drought for two years, but affirmed that if the Government had granted support to the field, the problem would have been mitigated. “Climate change is affecting the whole world and in Mexico we are already seeing it right now with the drought, that is the main cause of the situation that we are bringing right now with beans and that is putting other crops at risk. "However, if the federal government had granted support to motivate to increase production further, the ...