Mexico: Export of 200 tons of avocado from Jalisco to the US begins tomorrow

Published 2022년 7월 27일

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Jalisco, Mexico, has initiated its avocado exports to the US, starting with 200 tons from Ciudad Guzmán. This marks the beginning of growth for the avocado industry in Jalisco, following the US Department of Agriculture's authorization in December 2021. Despite challenges, Jalisco, with 15 pest-free municipalities covering 22,107 hectares of avocado cultivation and 3,663 orchards, is ready to export 3-5 thousand tons of Hass avocado weekly to the US, which demands about 16 thousand tons. The state also exports over 113 thousand tons of avocados annually to 30 countries.

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With 11 containers that will leave Ciudad Guzmán, totaling 200 tons, the export of avocado from Jalisco to the United States begins this Thursday. "It is the beginning of growth in the avocado industry in Jalisco, it is an industry that will continue to grow, since we are going to enter the most important market," said Andrés Canales Leaño, president of the Council for Agricultural and Agroindustrial Development of Jalisco. For his part, the Governor of Jalisco stressed that this "implies enormous possibilities for economic growth, for strengthening the agricultural sector and, above all, for exploring the United States market for Jalisco companies, with whom we have a very solid relationship and we want them to strengthen towards the future", he commented. He added that work will be done so that Jalisco avocados are certified as free of reforestation. Read more: The CDAAJ celebrates the export of avocado from Jalisco to the US “We did it with the tequila industry and now we are ...

Source: Informador