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7. Avocados (scientific name: Persea americana)
are classified into four main types: Guatemalan,
Mexican, West Indian and hybrids. Commercial
varieties include:
The Hass avocado, a Guatemalan race with
pebbled black skin, is the main planted variety
today. There are new Hass varieties available,
such as Lavi Hass, Lamb Hass and Gem Hass.
These Hass sub-varieties help extend the
supply season.

8. Avocados are appreciated because it is
a unique and healthy product
(oleaginous or oil containing fruit) with
many culinary applications.
• But compared to other high-demand
regions, European consumption is
still underdeveloped. The average
consumption in Europe is 1.05 kg per
capita.
• In the United States this is 3.5 kg and
in Canada 2.5 kg. Mexico, the world’s
largest avocado producer, even
consumes 6.5-7 kg/capita.

9. France has been the largest market for
avocados and continues to be so.
Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany
and Italy are also experiencing very
strong growth.
• Most of these countries get at least
part of their supply through the
Netherlands, which is the largest
importing country of avocados in
Europe.
• Other interesting markets are
Scandinavia, which has a high
consumption per capita, and Eastern
Europe, where consumption is
emerging.

10. In India, avocado is not a commercial fruit crop.
... In a very limited scale and in a scattered way it
is grown in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra,
Karnataka in the south-central India and in the
eastern Himalayan state of Sikkim. It can not
tolerate the hot dry winds and frosts of
northern India.

13. World Avocado market
At the end of the 2009 avocado season,
approximately 693,000 tonnes of avocados were
exported around the world. Now in 2019, the number
of avocados exported this year is 2,140,000 tonnes.
The majority of this increase can be accounted to the
increasing demand for avocados around the world
and worldwide understanding of the benefits the
avocado provides.

14. Mexico still stands as the world leader in
regards to export tonnes
The 2018-19 season saw approximately 1,900,000
tonnes of avocados grown domestically with
1,198,000 tonnes of these avocados exported out of
Mexico.
The majority of Mexican avocados are exported to
USA, exporting nearly 80% of all its avocados to the US
alone. Mexico’s other export markets include Japan,
Canada and Europe. However, these markets are not
nearly as large as USA (Fruitrop Magazine, 2019).

15. Peru stands as the number two global
Hass avocado exporter
In 2018 Peru exported 359,989 tonnes of avocados to its major
market in Europe.
Peru started avocado trades with Asia in 2013 and has seen an
increase in demand each year. Avocado growing projections for
Peru estimate that in 2023 production of avocados will be over
630,000 tonnes with over 550,000 tonnes exported to their
major markets of Asia and Europe (Fruitrop Magazine, 2019).

16. Colombia is the ninth largest avocado
exporter in the world
Colombia is home to 10 varieties of avocado, and they all have
interesting names: Choquette, Fuerte, Gwen, Reed, and
Trinidad, to name a few. The only native avocado to these soils
is the rounded pale green “Lorena,” popular as guacamole
served in a molcajete stone mortar.
avocados have become a major fresh produce export earner for
Colombia, with shipments reaching US$95m in the first nine
months of 2020, an increase of 34 per cent on the year-earlier
period.
Corpohass has developed the “Hass Sostenible” (Sustainable
Hass) seal in conjunction with Portafolio Verde, a leading
consultancy firm in sustainable development.
Index Fresh has teamed up with avocado
growers in Colombia to fill increased
demand

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