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美国人吃不上牛油果了,美暂停墨西哥牛油果进口

美国人吃不上牛油果了,美暂停墨西哥牛油果进口

Nicole Goodkind 2022-02-20
美国人在冬季吃到的绝大多数的牛油果来自墨西哥。

如果你昨晚看了超级碗比赛,那你大概也看到了墨西哥牛油果的宣传广告,后者堪称是美国的墨西哥牛油果进口商团体的宣传利器。

这则价值700万美元的30秒广告旨在恳求观众在举办车尾派对时别忘了准备些墨西哥牛油果,因为“它们一直很好”。

牛油果的确一直很好,但不一定总是可以买到。就在今年的超级碗比赛前夕,按理来说也应该是牛油果酱的盛大狂欢之夜,美国暂停了墨西哥牛油果进口。

美国农业部动植物卫生检验局表示,一名官员在工作手机上接到了一通威胁电话后,该局暂停了针对米却肯州牛油果的检查工作。米却肯州是墨西哥唯一一个获准向美国出口牛油果的州,也是贩毒集团地盘争夺战的目标,那里的牛油果种植者时常会受到贩毒集团的敲诈勒索。

墨西哥农业部表示,过去六周,米却肯州的牛油果生产商向美国出口了逾13.5万吨牛油果,全年出口总额约为30亿美元。

美国人在冬季吃到的绝大多数的牛油果(约为99%)均来自墨西哥。墨西哥是世界上最大的牛油果生产国和出口国,虽然加利福尼亚出产的牛油果也遍卖全美,但由于加州降雨量较低,该州的牛油果个头及产量规模相对较小。

之前由于供不应求,牛油果的身价已经疯涨了一轮,而暂停墨西哥的牛油果进口可能会使其变得过于昂贵又很难买到。

美国农业部动植物卫生检验局称目前正在调查此事以进行威胁评估,并确定需要采取何种措施以保证其在米却肯州的工作人员的人身安全。

与此同时,墨西哥牛油果出口生产商和包装商协会表示,他们正在与地方当局合作以尽快解决这一问题,并指出,暂停出口的决定已影响到了30万个有关就业岗位。该协会在一份声明中表示:“我们希望这一价值链上的所有相关人员都能保持极端谨慎和警惕,以保护这一至关重要的出口项目。”

因为美国自己也种牛油果,这些美国检查员的工作就是要确保墨西哥出口的牛油果不携带任何可能会危害美国作物的有害生物。1914年,受墨西哥产品影响,象鼻虫、疮痂病和害虫等病虫害在美国果园开始滋生蔓延,美国因而对墨西哥牛油果实施了进口禁令,直到1997年该禁令才得以解除。(财富中文网)

译者:Claire

如果你昨晚看了超级碗比赛,那你大概也看到了墨西哥牛油果的宣传广告,后者堪称是美国的墨西哥牛油果进口商团体的宣传利器。

这则价值700万美元的30秒广告旨在恳求观众在举办车尾派对时别忘了准备些墨西哥牛油果,因为“它们一直很好”。

牛油果的确一直很好,但不一定总是可以买到。就在今年的超级碗比赛前夕,按理来说也应该是牛油果酱的盛大狂欢之夜,美国暂停了墨西哥牛油果进口。

美国农业部动植物卫生检验局表示,一名官员在工作手机上接到了一通威胁电话后,该局暂停了针对米却肯州牛油果的检查工作。米却肯州是墨西哥唯一一个获准向美国出口牛油果的州,也是贩毒集团地盘争夺战的目标,那里的牛油果种植者时常会受到贩毒集团的敲诈勒索。

墨西哥农业部表示,过去六周,米却肯州的牛油果生产商向美国出口了逾13.5万吨牛油果,全年出口总额约为30亿美元。

美国人在冬季吃到的绝大多数的牛油果(约为99%)均来自墨西哥。墨西哥是世界上最大的牛油果生产国和出口国,虽然加利福尼亚出产的牛油果也遍卖全美,但由于加州降雨量较低,该州的牛油果个头及产量规模相对较小。

之前由于供不应求,牛油果的身价已经疯涨了一轮,而暂停墨西哥的牛油果进口可能会使其变得过于昂贵又很难买到。

美国农业部动植物卫生检验局称目前正在调查此事以进行威胁评估,并确定需要采取何种措施以保证其在米却肯州的工作人员的人身安全。

与此同时,墨西哥牛油果出口生产商和包装商协会表示,他们正在与地方当局合作以尽快解决这一问题,并指出,暂停出口的决定已影响到了30万个有关就业岗位。该协会在一份声明中表示:“我们希望这一价值链上的所有相关人员都能保持极端谨慎和警惕,以保护这一至关重要的出口项目。”

因为美国自己也种牛油果,这些美国检查员的工作就是要确保墨西哥出口的牛油果不携带任何可能会危害美国作物的有害生物。1914年,受墨西哥产品影响,象鼻虫、疮痂病和害虫等病虫害在美国果园开始滋生蔓延,美国因而对墨西哥牛油果实施了进口禁令,直到1997年该禁令才得以解除。(财富中文网)

译者:Claire

If you were watching the Super Bowl last night, you may have caught a commercial for Avocados from Mexico, the marketing arm of business organizations that represent U.S. importers of avocados from Mexico.

At a cost of $7 million per 30-seconds of airtime, the spot implored viewers to use avocados from Mexico at tailgate parties because “they’re always good.”

Always good, perhaps, but not always available. On Super Bowl eve, arguably guacamole’s biggest night, the U.S. suspended avocado imports from Mexico.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS) said it had paused its avocado inspections in Michoacan after one of its officers received a threatening call to his official cell phone. Michoacan is the only Mexican state that is authorized to export avocados to the U.S., but the area is also home to drug cartel turf battles, and avocado growers there are sometimes extorted by cartels.

In the past six weeks, Michoacan avocado producers have exported more than 135,000 tons of avocados to the United States, the Mexican Agriculture Ministry said, and there are about $3 billion in annual exports.

During the winter months, the vast majority of avocados in the U.S.— about 99%—come from Mexico. Mexico is the leading producer and exporter of avocados globally, and while California-grown avocados are also sold throughout the U.S., but low rainfall in the state has led to smaller fruit and a smaller crop size.

A previous shortage of avocados has led to a large increase in price, and the blockage of imports from Mexico will likely make them exorbitantly expensive and rare.

The APHIS-USDA said they are currently investigating the matter to assess the level of threat and decide how to keep personnel working in Michoacan safe.

The Association of Avocado Exporting Producers and Packers of Mexico (APEAM), meanwhile, said that they were working with local authorities to fix the problem as quickly as possible, noting that the 300,000 jobs associated with the industry have already been impacted by the decision to pause exports. “We encourage all those actors in this value chain to take extreme care and vigilance to preserve such an important export program," the APEAM said in a statement.

Because the United States grows its own avocados, U.S. inspectors in Mexico work to make sure exported avocados don’t come with diseases that would hurt U.S. crops. In 1914, weevils, scabs, and pests entered U.S. orchards from Mexican products, which led to a ban on importing avocados from the country that wasn’t lifted until 1997.

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