Avocados show growth in volume, value in 2019
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| 19 March 2020
News in Charts: Overview of the mexican avocado volumes in US, complemented by charts from Agronometrics. Original published on March 16, 2020.
Dominated by Mexican fruit, total U.S. imports of avocados rose 6.4% in 2019 to more than 1.1 million metric tons.
U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show that total imports of 1.11 million metric tons of avocados rated 6.4% above 2018 imports of 1.04 million metric tons and 22.7% more than 2017 imports of 900,198 metric tons.
Historic avocado volumes in US market
Source: USDA Market News via Agronometrics.
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U.S. imports of Mexican avocados in 2019 totaled 946,000 metric tons, up 7.8% from 2018 and a whopping 26% more than 2017. Mexico accounted for 88% of the volume of U.S. avocado imports in 2019, compared with 87% in 2018 and 86% in 2017.
Mexican avocado volumes in US market
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For 2019, Peru accounted for 7.6% and Chile 1.2% of U.S. avocado imports by volume.
Peruvian avocado volumes in US market
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Chilean avocado volumes in US market
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The USDA reported the per-unit value of U.S. imports of avocados was $1.14 per pound, compared with $1.03 per pound in 2018 and $1.33 per pound in 2017.
Historic avocado prices in US market ($ per pound)
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