Mexico exports agro-products to the US for 24 billion dollars
The main export products were led by beer, with a value of 2,672 million dollars, followed by tequila, 2,519 million dollars, and avocado, 1,733 million dollars.
The federal agency highlighted that the value of exports of Mexican agri-food products increased by 18 percent and imports did so by 13 percent, in the reference period.
In this way, a surplus balance for Mexico of 10 thousand 100 million dollars was presented, which meant an increase of 24 percent compared to the surplus registered during the same period of 2021.
Agriculture indicated that during the first half of 2022, the value of total Mexican agri-food exports to the United States amounted to about 24 billion dollars.
He explained that the main agri-food export products were fruits, alcoholic beverages, and vinegar, as well as vegetables, which represented 27, 24, and 20 percent, respectively, of Mexico’s agri-food sales to the neighboring country to the north.
The total value of the main import products from the United States amounted to 13 thousand 769 million dollars, he noted.
Source: Mexicoxport