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Mexico, second world exporter of shelled pecan nuts

Pecan Nut
Mexico
Published Oct 9, 2021

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AGRICULTURE PRESS RELEASE (SADER). The Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development reported, based on figures from the Agri-Food and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), that the average Mexican exports of this oilseed was 50 thousand tons in the period 2016-2020. According to the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health of the National Institute of Public Health (CINyS-INSP), walnuts have great nutritional content, are an excellent source of energy and protein of plant origin, and rich in minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium and vitamins. With a participation of 14.9 percent in the world market, Mexico was ranked in 2020 as the second exporter in volume of shelled pecan nuts, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. According to figures from the Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), the federal agency indicated that the average Mexican exports of this oilseed was 50 thousand tons in the period 2016-2020. The main ...
Source: Inforural
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