Mexico's avocado exports to China rise

Chinese consumers are developing a taste for avocados and officials in Mexico, the world's largest producer, said China is a market ripe for growth - as Mexico may be facing possible policy changes by the Trump administration that could affect avocado trade with the United States.

"Exports of avocados from Mexico to China have substantially increased in recent years. Although total volumes remain small, the growth rate is amazing," said Ramon Paz of the Association of Producers, Exporters and Packers of Avocados from Mexico.

"We exported 470 metric tons in the 2012-13 season and it jumped up to 11,000 tons in the 2015-16 season," he said.