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Avocado consumption in the US market could grow by 50% in a decade
Jose Antonio Gomez Bazan, the Managing Director of Camposol International, said that avocado consumption in the United States, a market that imports more than 80% of the avocado it consumes, was expected to reach 1,800,000 tons in 2030, i.e. 50% more than the 1,200,000 tons it currently consumes. According to Gomez Bazan, this forecast was based on statistics of the increase in per capita consumption and population growth.
Since 40% of the avocado that is consumed in the US market is sold via the Horeca channel, this year s avocado consumption was expected to decrease more than it did because of the restrictions there were on this channel due to the pandemic. The decrease, however, wasn t so bad because consumption from the retail channel grew significantly. “American supermarkets had never sold so much avocado as in 2020. Sales grew by 20% to 30% in volume over the historical records of previous years. This inc