Mexican avocado prepares a historic shipment to the Super Bowl

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Published Jan 18, 2022

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For the big game of the NFL, Super Bowl LVI, which will be held in Los Angeles on February 13, the Association of Producers and Packers of Avocado of Mexico (Apeam) estimates to send, only for Super Sunday, 140 thousand tons of its product to the United States, a historical maximum for the sector. Avocado is highly consumed by lovers of this sport that day.

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“An event like the Super Bowl is very important, we are prepared in Michoacán, which is the only state that can send avocado right now. The orders are made so that during this month we send between 24 to 25 thousand tons per week on average,” José Luis Gallardo, president of Apeam, said in an interview. However, he pointed out that there will be a decrease of 50 thousand tons in the total production of 2021 due to the alternation of crops; in 2020 around 1.25 million tons were produced, while last year they were 1.35 million. Mexico is one of the main exporters of avocado worldwide, since it is sold to 34 countries, the United States being its main destination. The general director of the Agricultural Markets Consulting Group, Juan Anaya, estimated that the avocado that will be sent to the Super Bowl will have a value of 356 million dollars, "10 percent of the exports that are made each year, since in February the demand It goes up 30 or 40 percent. Gallardo explained that "it is ...

Source: MXagronoticias