Colombia: Colombia Continues Gaining Ground in the Avocado Market

Feb 16, 2016 | Portafolio
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Colombia continues gaining ground in the global avocado market; a market in which it competes against Peru, South Africa, Chile, Israel, and Kenya. Last year, Colombia’s avocado sales increased by 188%. The European Union is one of the buyer markets of this fruit, and it imports over 1,200 million dollars per year of the Hass variety. Colombia has a very small share of this market (only 0.3 percent), and domestic producers are determined to continue increasing their sales to Europe with the support of ProColombia and by taking advantage of the free trade agreement Colombia has with the EU, in force for almost three years.