Mexico's agricultural and food exports hit a new high in the first half of the year
Food Safety News
2020-08-17
Global Foodmate
Mexico’s “Financier” reported on August 14 that, according to the Mexican Ministry of Agriculture , according to statistics from the Central Bank of Mexico, in the first half of this year, Mexican agricultural and food exports totaled US$ 20.683 billion , a year-on-year increase of 4.2%; imports were US$13.222 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 2.6 %, the trade surplus was 7.461 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 19% year-on-year, and another record high.
Mexico’s main export products include: US$2 billion in beer, US$1.805 billion in avocado, US$1.398 billion in tomatoes, US$1.042 billion in tequila and mezcal, US$949 million in cane sugar and sweets, and US$873 million in pepper and chili.
The products with the largest year-on-year increase in exports include: wheat 115.68%, pork 43.3%, corn 39.13%, coffee 22.01%, onion and garlic 21.65%, avocado 20.96%, tomato 18.64%, bread 14.96%, tequila and mezcal Wine 11.57%.
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