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Trade groups are pressing for a quick resolution after the U.S. banned avocado imports from Michoacán, following a threat to a U.S. inspector there.
The United States has tried to impose similar safeguards for decades on Mexican avocados, but U.S. inspectors have sometimes encountered violence or threats when they tried to enforce the rules.
Countries by avocado production in 2020. 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]
The United States imports about 80 percent of all avocado exports from Mexico which totals around 3 billion dollars each year. Much of this avocado production is a result of illegal deforestation that has taken place, and many US companies continue to sell avocados that have been harvested in these areas. [7] [31] [32]
The US paused all avocado imports from the state for more than a week, leaving Mexican growers out of tens of millions of dollars and temporarily sending the price of a carton of the fruit in the ...
The plant was introduced to Spain in 1601, Indonesia around 1750, Mauritius in 1780, Brazil in 1809, the United States mainland in 1825, South Africa and Australia in the late 19th century, and the Ottoman Empire in 1908. [57] In the United States, the avocado was introduced to Florida and Hawaii in 1833 and in California in 1856. [57]
That led the U.S. to suspend inspections in Mexico’s biggest avocado-producing state. The employees work for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Because the United States also grows avocados, U.S. inspectors work in Mexico to ensure exported avocados don’t carry diseases that could hurt U.S. crops.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture notified the Avocado Exporting Producers and Packers of Mexico late on June 14