Article: Tomato exports to US decline, but avocado shipments up.

Mexican growers have been forced to limit tomato exports to the US market because of larger-than-expected US supplies. In contrast, exports of avocados are running far ahead of last year's levels but have fallen short of the quota allowed by the US government during the short November-February season. Growers in Sinaloa state have been forced to return several shipments of tomatoes because of a larger-than- expected supply in the US market. Basilio Gatzionis Torres, president of the Confederacion Nacional de Productores de Hortalizas, said growers in northern and central Florida have produced more tomatoes than originally anticipated. At the start of this year, Mexican ...

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