Mexican Avocado Exports Resume as U.S. Inspectors Return
U.S. inspectors returned to certify fruit, allowing more than 80% of Mexican avocados sold to the U.S. to move again after an eight-day halt.
- U.S. Authorities lifted restrictions on Mexican avocado exports, ending an eight-day shutdown that halted shipments from Michoac and disrupted the industry.
- Security alerts in Michoac prompted the suspension, as criminal groups in the region extort producers regularly. Authorities did not specify what threat triggered the alert.
- Harvester Francisco Isidro returned to work after the alert lifted, as some 200,000 people employed by the Michoac avocado industry were left in limbo during the shutdown.
- More than 1,500 soldiers deployed to protect Michoac's avocado-growing region, though grower Luis Manuel Soto said, "So far, he says, he has not felt them."
- Certification remains key to keeping volume moving, as more than 80% of Mexican avocados are sold to the United States, making inspection disruptions costly.
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Morelia, Mich., Eight days after the suspension of avocado exports from Michoacán to the United States and the deployment of more troops in the region, the U.S. authorities completely lifted the security alert that led to the strike and by the weekend the orchards were recovering their activity, the packers were working full-machined and the agricultural inspectors were re-certifying the fruit to ensure that there were no pests before crossing t…
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