Last week maradol papaya producers from the Candelaria community in Mexico started to ship their products to the US, through a company from Yucatan which was the link for the exportation.This was announced by Arcadio Uxul Tep, president of the supervisory board committee of producers of the community, whose leader is Edilberto Medina Ortegon.
The producer from the Pozo Unit "Ch’imay", from Candelaria, indicated that from now onwards the maradol papaya exportation to the US will be dealt with through a company in Yucatan which contacted American buyers.
17 tons of maradol papaya were sent to the US and there will now be weekly shipments, said the producer.
Regarding the price of the maradol papaya that will be exported it is unknown to Tep Uxul, although he said it would be more than four pesos, similar to sale of the product in the markets of Merida and Cancun.
Source: dqr