During the first half of 2022, the total agri-food trade between Mexico and the United States had an increase of 16% at the annual rate, which added 37,639 million dollars for exports from the Mexican primary sector, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development ( Sader).
Between January and June, a value of total Mexican agri-food exports to the United States amounted to nearly 24,000 million dollars, according to data from the Secretariat of the Government of Mexico.
The federal agency highlighted in a statement that the value of exports of Mexican agri-food products increased 18%, while that of imports was 13%, in the same reference period.
“In this way, a surplus balance for Mexico of 10.1 billion dollars was presented, which meant an increase of 24%, compared to the surplus registered during the same period of 2021,” Sader detailed.
The Mexican Ministry of Agriculture also reported that the main agri-food export products were fruits, alcoholic beverages and vinegars, as well as vegetables, products that represented 27%, 24% and 20% of agri-food sales from Mexico to the United States, respectively. .
Specifically, cherries led the main export products to the US with a trade value of 2,672 million dollars, followed by tequila, with 2,519 million dollars, and avocado, with 1,733 million dollars.
“Sales of tomatoes, berries (raspberries and blackberries), peppers, strawberries, boneless beef, grapes and sweet bread also stood out, which together represented 53% of the total value of the country’s exports to the US market,” Sader abounded.
For its part, Sader highlighted that in the first half of 2022, tequila exports increased by 55%, while beef showed an increase of 28%, and avocado and bread by 27%. respectively.
“The total value of the main import products from the United States amounted to 13,769 million dollars,” Sader concluded.