Bumper crop with marketing problems

摘要

The trees are full of mangoes in the coastal strip between Mazatlan and Sinaloa. The year 2000 will see a bumper crop. But the imponderables of the fruit trade weigh as heavy as the fruit. It may be a great harvest, but the markets are not keeping pace. Europe is a write-off for Mexico this year. Because the peso is pegged to the US dollar (about 10 pesos to the dollar), Mexican mangoes are too expensive. The only other outlets are Mexico's big northern neighbor and Japan. Mangoes and crabs are the chief products of the SinaIoa coastal strip.