date:Jun 14, 2016
LIMA Shipments of Peruvian Hass avocados to the United States are projected at 100 million pounds in 2016, roughly the equivalent of the volume shipped last year.
The United States will receive about 25 percent of the Hass avocados grown for export in Peru, with the remaining 300 million pounds destined for Europe and other markets, according to Xavier Equihua, president and chief executive officer of the Peruvian Avocado Commission, based in Washington, DC.
The 400 million total pounds produ