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Michoacán avocado exports to resume after three-week price dispute

The restart ends a three-week stoppage that disrupted one of Mexico's main agricultural exports, with the United States as the main buyer.

Photo: International Business Times

What happened

Avocado exports from Michoacán will resume Thursday, November 5, after packing companies and workers reached an agreement to end a three-week work stoppage. International Business Times+1 The agreement was reached late Tuesday and was confirmed Wednesday by Agriculture and Rural Development Secretary Columba López Gutiérrez. International Business Times Growers had stopped harvesting on October 23 and staged road blockades to demand better marketing conditions. International Business Times+1 The dispute was triggered by a sharp drop in the price paid for the fruit, which growers said fell to between 13 and 20 pesos per kilogram. International Business Times+1

Around it

Growers considered the prices insufficient to cover cultivation and harvesting costs, and day laborers and other workers who rely on the industry were also affected by the halt. International Business Times Michoacán grows about three-quarters of Mexico's avocados and sent 1.25 million tonnes to the United States last season. The Rio Times

Sources

  1. International Business TimesMichoacán to resume avocado exports after three-week price dispute
  2. The Rio TimesMexico Restarts Avocado Exports Thursday

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