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Avocado Spat Between U.S. and Mexico Could End Today, AMLO Says -Breaking

by Mike Robinson

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© Bloomberg. Avocados in Periban, Michoacan state, Mexico. Photographer: Jeoffrey Guillemard/Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. ban on avocados from Mexico “could possibly be resolved today,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday.

A threat to the U.S. food inspection prompted the decision to temporarily suspend imports. This has severely affected the Michoacan’s critical seafood industry. The prolonged ban could also increase the price of this beloved fruit, which would worsen America’s inflation crisis.

Adan Augusto Hernandez, the Mexican Interior Minister, told reporters that a resolution on Friday should be published regarding restarting exports.

“We hope it will be positive and that from next week we can restart the export process on a daily basis,” Lopez Hernandez said at the president’s daily press conference.

Read More: Mexico’s Avocado Growers Feel the Pain of U.S. Imports Shutdown

Lopez explained that this would include strengthening existing agreements for security between the federal government, export authorities and state governments.

According to one grower, around 22,000 tons avocados which should have been exported remain hanging on Michoacan trees. According to one grower, the ban could have cost 50 million dollars last week for farmers in this violence-stricken state.

 

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