Brazil to import avocados from Mexico, unlocking a market of over 200 million

With a scope of U.S.-imposed tariffs complicating northbound trade, Mexico is turning its attraction southward arsenic it welcomes Brazil arsenic a caller marketplace for avocados, 1 of its strongest exports.

Brazil has adopted a caller protocol that allows for the import of Mexican avocados, Mexico’s Agriculture Minister Julio Berdegué Sacristán announced connected Tuesday. 

The avocado breakthrough comes astatine a clip erstwhile Mexican and Brazilian officials person been moving connected gathering a stronger commercialized relationship. (Mauricio Villarreal/Unsplash)

“Good news! The Brazilian Agriculture Ministry has informed maine that it has published a protocol allowing for the importation of Mexican avocados, the champion successful the world, to [our] sister nation, to the delight of its 200 cardinal consumers,” Berdegué wrote connected the X societal media site. 

Mexico is the largest planetary shaper of avocados, contributing astir 34% of the planetary volume, according to figures from Mexico’s National Committee of the Avocado Product System. The west-central Mexican authorities of Michoacán contributes astir 84.9% of the country’s avocado accumulation by volume, according to Mexico’s Agriculture Ministry. 

Other avocado-producing states see Jalisco, México state, Nayarit, Morelos and Guerrero.

The caller Brazil market, though significant, isn’t apt to enactment overmuch of a dent successful the United States’ pb successful imports of Mexican avocados. The U.S. receives 80% of Mexico’s avocado exports by volume, followed by Canada with 7% and Japan with 3%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 

Brazil itself besides grows avocados. Production of the effect determination has risen by 74.09% implicit the past 5 years, expanding from 242,723 tonnes successful 2019 to 422,545 tonnes successful 2023. The authorities of São Paulo contributes astir 50% of the nationalist total.

However, rising home request has outpaced section accumulation successful caller years, which has led the South American state to import much avocados. 

The implementation of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Plan México has supported initiatives that broaden Mexico’s commercialized links, including with South America. 

Two-way commercialized betwixt Mexico and Brazil was worthy much than US $16 cardinal successful 2023, according to the Economy Ministry. Brazil sold much than $12 cardinal worthy of goods to Mexico, portion Mexico’s exports to South America’s largest state totaled conscionable implicit $4 billion.

Brazilian and Mexican authorities are successful talks to revise the existent commercialized agreement betwixt the 2 countries, which was signed successful the aboriginal 2000s. 

With reports from Sin Embargo and El Universal