Jalisco exporting avocados to U.S. market again after 25 years

For the last 25 years, Michoacan has been the only Mexican state authorized to send the green fruit to the U.S. market.

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Seasonal Supply Shortages Eleven Trucks Bearing 200 Tons Of Avocados From Jalisco Lined Up Thursday In The Mountain Town Zapotlan El Grande To Set Out For United States When We Were Talking About Very High Pricesa Month Ago ,T Was Because The Market Wasnt Getting Enough Supply ,Aid Javier Medina Villanueva ,Resident Of The Jalisco Avocado Export Association So We Believe That Entry Will Close Supply Shortagei Think Prices Stabilize Consumers In United States Wont Immediately Recognize Difference Avocados Bear Any Special Tag ,Nd Will Be Labelled Simply As Avocados From Mexicoa Phrase Promoted For Years By Producers In Michoacan The Head Of Based Association Mexican Avocado Growers And Packers ,Aid He Doesnt See Jalisco ,R Any Of The Other Mexican States Now Clamoring For Us Export Certification ,S Competition Today Isa Day Of Joy For Everyone ,Nowing That Jalisco Is Here ,Ut It Is Going To Be Happier When The State Of Mexico Comes ,Hen Nayarit ,Tolima ,Orelos Come ,Allardo Said Of The Other States ,Oting There Was Room For More Exports Last Seasons Production In Michoacan Down By About 200 ,000 Tons Mexico Currently Supplies About 92 Of Us Imports The Fruit ,Nd Mexicos Agriculture Department Says It Is Working To Get More States Certified Abouta Half Dozen Grow Significant Quantities Of The Fruit ,Hich Prefers Higher Altitudes And Cooler Climates In Mexico Medina Villanueva Noted That Meeting Us Sanitary Requirements Wasnt Easy It Took 10 Years ,E Said It Took Patience Us Agricultural Inspectors Have To Certify That Mexican Avocados Dont Carry Diseases Or Pests Would Harm Orchards The Harvest Is January Through March ,Hile Us Production Runs From April To September The Inspections Were Halted In February For About 10 Days After One Of Inspectors Was Threatened Michoacan ,Here Growers Are Routinely Subject To Extortion By Drug Cartels Some Packers In Michoacan Were Reportedly Buying Avocados From Other ,On Certified States And Trying To Pass Them Off As Being From Michoacan ,Nd Were Angry The Us Inspector Wouldnt Go Along With That Exports Resumed After Mexico And United States Agreed To Enact Measures Ensure Safety Of Inspectors Francisco Trujillo ,He Head Of Mexicos Plant And Animal Safety Agency ,Oted That The Michoacan Export Ban Should Bea Lesson For Jalisco Producers Caution Be Part Of This Day Festivity ,Rujillo Said ,Oting That Avocados Certified For Export Were Worth Four Or Five Times As Much Those Destined Domestic Markets ,Reating Temptations To Pass Off Non Certified Fruit We Could Run The Risk That This Festive Day Becomesa Tragedy If Us Were Ban Exports Again ,E Said Exports Were Worth About 2 8 Billion To Mexico In 2021 The Price Mexican Growers Get For Their Crops As Little 1 Per Pound Is Still Far Higher Than Any Other Crop They Could Grow ,O Much So That Avocados Have Lifted Thousands Of Small Producers Out Poverty Jalisco Gov Enrique Alfaro Acknowledged His State Will To Avoid Problems Plagued The Reputation In Michoacan ,Here Some Growers Have Cut Down Native Pine Forests To Plant Avocado Trees And Dried Up Local Water Supplies Irrigate Them Drug Cartels Also Extorted Protection Payments From Packers Alfaro Said Jalisco Has Plans Developa Security Program So That This Product Can Be Produced In The Orchards ,E Shipped Through Jalisco And Reach Its Final Destination Safely Alfaro Also Said He Would Push To Certify Avocados As Free From Deforestation ,Omething Michoacan Has Been Slow To Do The Idea Of Pushinga Plan Certify Avocados As Free From Deforestation Shouldnt Just Be An Issue For Some Growers We Want Establish That Obligation Good Whole Industry ,Lfaro Said Anti Logging Activist Guillermo Saucedo ,Ho Was Abducted By Gunmen In The Town Of Villa Madero ,Ichoacan In 2021 ,Aid He Doubted The Government Or Growers Would Act In His Forest Clad Hamlet ,Here He Said Newly Cleared Fields ,Ells And Holding Ponds Used To Water Avocado Plantations Continue Appear The Authorities Dont Take Action ,Aid Saucedo They Let Them Do Whatever Want At This Point ,Alisco Has Only About 20 ,000 Acres 8 ,420 Hectares Of Avocado Orchards Certified As Pest Free ,A Small Amount Compared To Over Nearly 300 ,000 Acres 120 ,000 Hectares In Michoacan But Alfaro Said Another 65 ,000 Acres 26 ,000 Hectares In Jalisco Were Line To Be Certified ,