Article: Hotter by the minute: Mexico's chile pepper producers come together to battle coming Chinese imports.

Mexico's producers of the habanero chile pepper--one of the world's hottest chiles--are adding to their planting to satisfy increasing demand from the United States and from Japan, and to hold off Chinese competitors. Since 2003, exports of the chile pepper from Mexico have increased 5% annually, and growers expect demand to continue at that pace.

"This chile has awoken interest among Anglo consumers thanks to their desire for anything from Latin America and because of the growing presence of Latin Americans in the United States," says Ali Charruf Alvarez, president of the Habanero Chile Association, a trade group of salsa makers and suppliers in the Yucatan, and ...

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