date:Jul 26, 2022
an approximate 45 percent increase over last year, said Xavier Equihua, President and CEO of the Peruvian Avocado Commission (PAC).
The overall U.S. avocado category will be at about the same amount as 2021 so Peru is helping to keep the U.S. avocado category at 2.8 billion pounds. Equihua says Peru can and should increase its avocado presence in the U.S. market beyond 300 million pounds next year, especially if it wants the category to reach 3 billion pounds in 2023.
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