Mexico will send up to 130,000 tons of avocados to the United States for the Super Bowl

Mexico City, Jan 18 (EFE).- Mexican producers will send up to 130,000 tons of avocado to the US market for the 57th edition of the Super Bowl, the Association of Avocado Exporters Producers and Packers of Mexico (Apeam) reported on Tuesday. From the main avocado exporting state, in Michoacán, the producers sent the first 64,101 tons of the fruit to the celebrations of the Super Bowl in which the new American football champion in the US will be crowned. "This season the confidence of foreign producers, packers, and consumers is recovered, increasing the number of tons for export, seeking to export 130,000 in this very important season for avocados," said the governor of Michoacán, Alfredo Ramírez. Symbolically, from the Apeam facilities in Uruapan, Michoacán, the governor of the western state of Mexico "kicked off" the first shipment of avocados, promoted by Avocados From México (AFM), the main export brand of this product for North America. Avocados from Mexico are exported to 34 ...