Increase projected for Mexican table grape exports
Increase projected for Mexican table grape exports
SAN DIEGO — Shipments of Mexican table grapes from Sonora will be up in 2025 over 2024, with volumes starting slowly during the early part of the season before picking up around June.
The Asociación Agrícola Local de Productores de Uva de Mesa, better known by the acronym AALPUM, which handles the marketing of table grapes from Mexico, announced that overall volume should be slightly higher in 2025, up 1.4 percent from last season’s 22.7 million boxes.
The forecast was provided by AALPUM Chairman Roberto Mazon Caballero during the annual Mexico Table Grapes Spring Summit, held here April 4. He said historic data and feedback from growers was used in formulating the 2025 estimate of 23.06 million boxes.
The stronger volume expected to hit in June will be led by Red Globes and mid Reds, which are projected to be up 13.92 percent and 10.18 percent, respectively.
“New varieties are playing an important role for Mexico and will be responsible for the increased volume this year,” said Caballero.
He noted that projected volume for 2025 will still be lower than 2023, which saw a total of 25.159 million boxes and a stronger start to the early varieties.
This year, initial shipments of early green varieties are expected to commence May 19, with Red Seedless kicking off a week later.
While still a relatively minor part of the overall volume, Caballero said volume of Candy varieties is continuing to grow, with 2025 expected to eclipse 1.4 million boxes, up from 2024’s 1.035 million boxes and the 734,790 shipped in 2023.
Photo: AALPUM Chairman Roberto Mazon Caballero
