MEXICO CITY (El Common).— The US authorities determined to cease shipments of avocado produced in Michoacán, three days in the past, following an incident towards inspectors from the Division of Agriculture (USDA) was recorded for the second time. in a blockade.
Since final Saturday, the US embassy started the safety protocol that consists, amongst different actions, of the momentary suspension of avocado exports, a call that may very well be prolonged for 2 weeks, based on the Affiliation of Avocado Producers and Exporters Packers. of Mexico (APEAM).
Nevertheless, the period of this momentary suspension is but to be outlined, since producers are negotiating with the USDA and the US Embassy to restart gross sales as quickly as potential, so that they had been anticipated to reactivate them yesterday, based on some exporters. .
For now, it was requested to cease the actions of slicing, amassing, processing and transport avocados for export, however exporters specified that avocados from Jalisco can proceed to be despatched to the American Union, because the incident didn’t happen in that state.
In accordance with APEAM and avocado producers, on June 14, a case was recorded involving two American inspectors who had been detained throughout an indication in the neighborhood of Aranza, municipality of Paracho, roughly 35 kilometers from Uruapan.
There’s a model that, along with being detained, these American officers had been crushed. Nevertheless, some avocado producers deny that this has occurred.
That is the second time that American inspectors have been attacked. The primary was recorded in February 2022, when a USDA employee was threatened, because of suspicions {that a} cargo that was going to be exported to the US was from Puebla and never Michoacán.
Avocado exports to the US reached file ranges in 2023, with a million 145 thousand metric tons, the best determine since 2019.
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2024-06-23 12:37:40
