Tropical fruit exports worldwide dropped 5 percent in 2022
Published Mar 7, 2023
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World exports of tropical fruits are expected to have dropped 5 percent in 2022, according to a recent report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
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Major Tropical Fruits – Preliminary results 2022 (fao.org)The report notes:“• Global exports of mango, mangosteen and guava are estimated to decline by 5 percent, to 2.1 million tons [metric tons].• Global pineapple exports are expected to contract by 1.5 percent, to 3.2 million tons.• Global exports of avocado are expected to fall by 6 percent, to 2.4 million tons.”By contrast, global papaya exports are expected to have grown by 1 percent, to a modest 370,000 tons.“World average export unit values of all four major tropical fruits have been displaying an overall strong tendency to increase. Indicative average wholesale prices in the United States of America have been similarly displaying a strong tendency to increase for most major tropical fruits.”The exception is papayas, “whose average wholesale prices have remained relatively unchanged from the previous year, albeit at a high level,” notes the report.Particularly striking were the figures for avocados, whose global exports ...
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