The US receives more avocados, but remains below last year's levels: Mexico and Colombia are driving the rebound.

The U.S. market closed week 11 with approximately 1,451 avocado shipments, representing a 33% increase over the previous week. Despite this rebound, the volume remains 15% below that recorded during the same period last year.

Mexico led shipments with an 87% share, consolidating its leadership after increasing its volume by 42% compared to the previous week. Colombia also showed a significant increase of 45%, contributing 7% of the total. California, with 4%, along with Chile and the Dominican Republic, also had a presence, although with a slight decrease compared to the previous week. Additionally, the first shipments from Peru began to arrive, although in still low volumes.

Regarding prices, an adjustment in the price difference between large and small sizes is observed. Sizes 32 to 40 decreased by 8%, while size 48 fell by only 1%. Conversely, small sizes showed increases: size 70 rose by 9% and size 84 by 12% compared to last week. According to Antonio Villaseñor, farmgate prices are rising, driven by high demand following the drop in inventories caused by the tariffs imposed the previous week. Furthermore, April is anticipated to be a challenging month for the industry, also considering the effects of Easter, which will halt the harvest for three days and could impact fruit availability around May 5th.

Sergio Paz , for his part, points out that demand has been concentrated on sizes 60 and smaller, particularly sizes 70 and 84, which explains the price increase and the interest in these formats. In contrast, size 48 showed greater weakness, with lower prices due to a larger supply generated by the need to fulfill orders with smaller fruit.

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