date:Aug 14, 2017
00,000 in 2011 to $118,000,000 in 2016. While Mexico holds the biggest share of papaya imports to the US, Guatemala comes in second with $20 million in 2016, which is an increase of 162 percent since 2013. Ms. Hartmann de Barros adds, People want to keep buying papayas, because they taste great and are healthy. But they need help identifying how the different varieties look like. Maybe now is the time to try a Formosa or Golden papayas, knowing that these have strict food safety certifications,