Food and agricultural exports to the European Union were up almost 19% in the first four months of the year to a record, for the period, of US $444.8 million.
The figures were released by the EU statistics agency Eurostat, which said Mexico’s imports from the EU were also up, and totaled $438 million, leaving Mexico with a trade surplus of $6.51 million for the period.
Alcoholic beverages led Mexican exports at 17% of the total, followed by fruit at 14%, vegetables at 10.8%, processed fruit and vegetables 9.8% and coffee 8.1%.
Beer exports were up almost 24%.
The movement of alcoholic beverages was big in both directions, and represented nearly 29% of Mexico’s imports, with whisky being the principal product.
Meanwhile, there has been a very large increase in agricultural production in El Bajío, Mexico’s fertile northern plateau. In the first six months it was up 54.7% over last year, an increase attributed to a larger area being cultivated.
The states that make up El Bajío are Guanajuato, Querétaro and San Luis Potosí, where production totaled 1.7 million tonnes, 7.5% of the total for Mexico as a whole.
The principal crops are barley, wheat, oats, carrots, lettuce, onions, sorghum, corn and tomatoes.
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