According to Diane Smith, the head of the Michigan Apple Committee, exporting into Mexico will provide growers additional markets for 2022’s record crop. Ms Smith says exports have slowed since the pandemic, but additional phytosanitary certificates are creating new opportunities.
Phytosanitary certificates certify products have been officially inspected and meet regulations of the importing country. Also serving on the U.S. Apple Export Council, Smith says good prices in the U.S. rely on about a third of Washington state apples being exported but that’s been challenging since the pandemic.
“Their markets have diminished greatly, and they’ve been really challenged in terms of getting those apples into those different important markets for them so that’s something that will probably take years for us to work on,” she shares.
Source: brownfieldagnews.com