Mexico's agricultural and agroindustrial food exports in 2013 increased by 7 percent, reported the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA).
Based on information from SIC -Agro, the ministry said that food exports amounted to 24,408,000 dollars.
SAGARPA's Secretariat for Food and Competitiveness system said that, last year, the country had exported agricultural and livestock products valued at 11.326 million U.S. dollars, a 4% percent increase in annual terms.
Regarding agroindustrial goods, Mexico sold 13.082 million dollars, which represents a 10 percent increase when compared to the 11,890 million dollars obtained in 2012.
The country sells more than 290 food products abroad (including coffee, chocolate, tequila, tomato and avocado), which are sent to more than 160 countries and international destinations.
Among the main Mexican agricultural products sold abroad are: red tomatoes, which increased by 8.7 percent and had sales for $1.856 million dollars; avocados, that increased by 24.5 percent and amounted to $1,228 million dollars, and bell peppers, which had a 12.3 percent increase and totalled $876 million dollars in exports.
Other important products that Mexico exports would be: vegetables, with a value in 2013 of $ 524 million, raspberries, 513 million; cucumbers and gherkins, 436 million; onions, 358 million; watermelons, 316 million, strawberries, 314 million, asparagus, 294 million, almonds, walnuts and pistachios, 285 million, and limes, 276 million.
The top five destinations of Mexican products, where 84.7 percent of food exports in 2013 were sent, were the United States, Japan, Canada, Venezuela and Guatemala.
Source: Sagarpa.gob.mx