Despite the pandemic, the Mexican berry industry maintains its growth in 2020 and 2021
Mexico
Published Jul 20, 2021
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The Covid-19 pandemic along with sanitary restrictions posed new challenges for companies in all sectors. In the case of the fruit and vegetable industry, the firms created new strategies to boost exports. According to experts, berries are one of the most exported products from Mexico amid the pandemic. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Mexico, berry exports totaled 99,142 tons from January to May 2021.
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Specialists in the sector indicated that this year exports will increase their growth. The Secretariat for Rural Development and Agrifood (Sedrua) revealed that the berry industry generates more than 420 thousand direct jobs, not counting wages; In addition, more than 2.3 billion dollars are received from the marketing of strawberries. The entity highlighted that the country has cultivated around 52 thousand hectares of strawberries, blackberries, blueberries and raspberries. Rubén Medina, head of Sedrua and Ricardo Bernal, head of the Ministry of Economic Development (Sedeco), emphasized “that Michoacán continues to be the undisputed leader in the production of berries, it is the world leader in the production of blackberry, with 94% of the harvest at the national level of the strawberry; in addition to the first place in strawberry production nationwide, by contributing more than 70% ”. José Luis Bustamante, president of the Board of Directors of the National Association of ...
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