Latin America and the Caribbean is home to a vast quantity of fresh produce that is in high demand from the rest of the world. As such, perishable exports are numerous and voluminous, including flowers from Colombia, mangoes from Brazil and avocados from Mexico, which is said to supply around 45% of the international avocado market. Suffice it to say, perishables exports represent major business for the region; by way of example, while airports handled a total of around 4m tonnes of air cargo during 2018, each year, Colombia exports more than 250,000 tonnes of flowers alone, while Chile exports more than 500,000 tonnes of fresh fish.
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