For Giovanni Cavaletto, the period from October to May is a great time of the year.

“For the next six or seven months, Mexico will be in the heart of its avocado season,” said the CEO of U.S.-based GLC Cerritos Inc., which is the sales arm for Grupo Aguacatero Los Cerritos. “We will be in peak production from now until early May.”

Although Henry Avocado saw the promise of avocados from Mexico and beyond to become a year-round distributor in 1990, its focus never wavered from its local business model.

La Bonanza Avocados, a family-owned and vertically integrated grower-shipper of Hass avocados, is preparing for the start of Mexican avocado shipments with a focus on increasing its profile on the global avocado front.

Approximately 80 percent of avocados in the United States come from Mexico, so consumers are accustomed to the look, feel and flavor of Mexican fruit.