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The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is an evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to the Americas and was first domesticated in Mesoamerica more than 5,000 years ago. It was prized for its large and unusually oily fruit. [3]
Avocado production is important to the economy of Mexico with the country being the world's largest producer of the crop. [1] [2] Mexico supplies 45 percent of the international avocado market. [3] Of the 57 avocado producing countries, the other major producers are Colombia, Peru, Dominican Republic, and Kenya, in that order. [4]
This is a list of countries by avocado production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. [1] The estimated total world production for avocados in 2022 was 8,978,275 metric tonnes, up 4.8% from 8,570,284 tonnes in 2021. [1] Mexico was the largest producer, accounting for over ...
November 8, 2024 at 2:29 PM. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government extended avocado import permissions to Guatemala on Friday, but don’t expect that to result in cheaper guacamole anytime ...
The U.S. on Friday suspended all avocado imports from Michoacán, the only Mexican state approved for avocado exports, after a U.S. plant inspector there received a threatening phone call ...
Crates of avocados during a harvest in Periban, Michoacan state, Mexico, on Feb. 21, 2022. Credit - Bloomberg. T he U.S. suspended some new avocado shipments from Mexico after an incident that ...
Avocado. Hass avocado is a hybrid’s result from a Mexican and a Guatemalan varieties. In 2017, more than 2 million 29 thousand metric tonnes of avocado were harvested in Mexico, 82.7% of which came from production in the state of Michoacán. [3] The climate required to grow Hass avocado is a temperature ranging from 8 to 21 Celsius degrees ...
Michoacan, Mexico's top avocado producing state and the only one currently approved to export to the United States, has long had security issues linked to drug gangs.