Mexico harvested about 2.4 million tons of avocados in 2021, making that country the top producer of avocados worldwide.
Australian avocados are produced all year round, with production mainly in Queensland (March-September), northern New South Wales (July-October) and Western Australia (July-March). The main varieties produced are Hass and Shephard.
1. Mexico. Mexico is the largest producer of avocados in the world with an annual production of 2,442 thousand tonnes.
Mexico is the largest producer, producing 1,889,354 tonnes year, followed by the Dominican Republic, Peru, Colombia, Peru, Peru, and Indonesia, which produces 304,938 tonnes annually.
Worldwide 7,179,689 tonnes of avocado is produced per year. Mexico is the largest avocado producer in the world with 2,300,889 tonnes production per year. Dominican Republic comes second with 661,626 tonnes yearly production. With 535,911 tonnes of production per year, Peru is the third largest producer of avocado.
This is the delicious Hass avocado, which travels straight from the coastal valleys of Peru to European supermarkets. “The Hass avocado is of excellent quality and has a great taste, providing it is harvested at the right time.
Properties of avocado from Mexico
This species of avocados, which stands out for being cultivated in only tropical climates, it has multiple benefits for people's health.
Mexico is the largest producer and exporter of avocados in the world, with the United States as its main commercial client, a country to which avocado exports have grown enormously in recent years.
Fallbrook is immediately east of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton. Fallbrook is known for its avocado groves and claims, without any official recognition, the title "Avocado Capital of the World".
Rich in nutrients
Avocados are a source of vitamins C, E, K, and B6, as well as riboflavin, niacin, folate, pantothenic acid, magnesium, and potassium. They also provide lutein, beta carotene, and omega-3 fatty acids.
Hass Avocados in Mexico
The growing Hass avocado popularity during the 1950s was so great that producers in Mexico started growing the Hass over other indigenous varieties. In fact, the world's largest producer of Hass avocados is in Mexico and shipped over 1.7 billion pounds of the fruit to the US in 2017.
Mexico dominates the avocado arena
In comparison, the U.S. only produced 187,433 tons of the fruit, which is certainly not enough to keep up with the American appetite.
North America remains the world leader for importing avocados at 52% of the world's imports, with the majority of imports coming from Mexico, followed by Peru, Chile, Dominican Republic and Colombia.
A combination of increased supply and reduced demand — slashed by months-long lockdowns that shuttered cafes in Sydney and Melbourne — has sent the supermarket price of an avocado plummeting to about 60 cents.
The surge in prices is due to an avocado shortage. There's not enough of the popular varieties Fuerte and Hass to feed our avocado obsession, according to the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA).
Increased production, particularly in Queensland, led to a record A$55.1 million of avocado exports in 2022. Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia are Australia's major avocado markets. Producers are seeking to establish new markets, including in Japan and now India.
Avocado is a native of tropical America. It originated in Mexico and Central America, possibly from more than one wild species. The early Spanish explorers recorded its cultivation from Mexico to Peru but it was not in the West Indies at that time.
Researchers believe Puebla, located in South Central Mexico, to be the motherland of the avocado, where this strange and delicious fruit first flourished and locals began consuming them nearly 10,000 years ago.
A farmer in Hawaii grew an avocado weighing as much as a newborn baby. KONA, Hawaii (KABC) -- HOLY GUACAMOLE! A farmer in Hawaii grew an avocado weighing as much as a newborn baby. Kenji Fukumitsu, of Kona, and his family members have been growing giant avocados in Hawaii for almost 80 years.
Last year about 24,700 tonnes of fresh and dried avocados entered the country — a 64 per cent jump in imports from 2019. Most avocado imports come from New Zealand and fill a gap in the market during Australia's slower production months. For the first time last year, avocados from Chile were also imported.
The growth was driven by Peru and Chile. Peru remains the main supplier of avocados to China, followed by Mexico and Chile.
Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Spain and Chile were the main avocado exporting countries in the world in 2022, according to data from the World Trade Organization, the Bank of Mexico and PromPerú.
This is good news for consumers: In 2022, each Australian household consumes 31.2 percent more avocados, and pays 29 percent less on average, compared to the previous year.
The online publication Insider, explaining why avocados are expensive, reported that harvesting the fruit takes a tremendous amount of water and labor and requires “costly distribution methods.”