Mark Stevenson

Associated Press

A worker selects avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico on Feb. 16, 2022.

US Ends Ban on Mexico Avocado Exports

The suspension of inspections had threatened Mexico's $3 billion annual exports and raised the possibility of U.S. price increases.

A worker stacks crates of avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico on Feb. 16, 2022.

Mexico's Avocado Industry Facing Fallout from Violence, Deforestation

So far, the association of Mexican avocado producers and packers has taken little action to solve the problems.

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Mexico's President Claims Conspiracy Behind Avocado Ban

He said producers who wanted to compete with Mexican products, or political factors, played a role in the decision.

Recently harvested avocados at an orchard near Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan state, Mexico, Oct. 1, 2019. Mexico has acknowledged late Saturday, Feb. 13, 20222, that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat.

Why the U.S. Suspended Mexican Avocado Imports on Eve of Super Bowl

The surprise, temporary suspension was confirmed late Saturday.

A retaining pond sits amid an avocado plantation bordering a pine forest in the Indigenous township of Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico on Jan. 20, 2022.

Mexican Town Protects Forest from Avocado Growers, Cartels

Other towns, bullied by growers and drug cartel gunmen, struggle on but are often cowed by violence.

Pedestrians, some wearing protective face masks, walk through a street market in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 25.

Latin America's Food Markets Fueling Virus Spread

The region's iconic covered food market are a near-perfect setting for spreading the disease.