Mexico.- This Wednesday, the Ministry of the Interior (Segob) expressed its support and backing for the security measures offered by the government of the state of Michoacán for reactivate the export of Mexican avocado to the United States.
The foregoing after last weekend, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDAfor its acronym in English) decided to suspend the importation of Mexican avocado, after a US official received threats by telephone.
Through a statement, the Secretariat in charge of Adam Augusto Lopez Hernandez announced that he is keeping abreast of the conversations that the governor held this day Alfredo Ramirez Bedollawith the Security officers of the United States Embassy in Mexico, whose purpose is to reactivate the export of Mexican avocado to the neighboring country to the north as soon as possible.
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“The Government of Mexico supports and supports the security measures offered by the government of Michoacán to resolve the concerns of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the integrity of its personnel,” the federal agency reported. through a statement published on the website of the Mexican Government.
At the same time, Segob reiterated the commitment of the Mexican government in the preservation of public safety in national territory, hence he pointed out that he is also keeping an eye on the measures that are taken to strengthen the mechanism that has been proposed to guarantee the free commercialization of agricultural production at the national level and abroad.
“In the same way, it reiterates its commitment to national public security, for which it remains vigilant to reinforce the measures that are necessary to strengthen the proposed mechanism, in order to guarantee the free transit of national agricultural production and its commercialization. inside and outside the country,” the agency concluded.
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Yesterday, Tuesday, February 15, the company’s legal representative T&C FruitsJuan Carlos Venegas, reported that the suspension of the purchase of avocado by the US market, generates losses of 20 million dollars per day. In addition to this, he specified that around 500,000 direct and indirect workers are affected by this measure.
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