After over ten years of bureaucratic wrangling, it looks like America is finally about to allow the import of avocados from Spain. Around 80% of avocados production is in Málaga province and the Axarquia coast.
Mango production on the increase in the Axarquia
According to the head of the cooperative Trops, mango production in the Axarquia is likely equal that of avocados within the next four years. Avocado production is around 30,000 tons per year. In 2011, mango production was 4,000 tons and in 2012 it will be between 8,000 and 9,000 tons.
Avocado thief detained in Rincón de la Victoria
At a routine checkpoint in Rincón de la Victoria, Guardia Civil officers stopped a vehicle and then noticed that the car was laden with avocados, 595 kilos of them to be precise.
Fruit thieves arrested in Vélez-Málaga
Four people have been arrested in Vélez-Málaga as the alleged perpetrators of the theft of 6,000 kilos of mangoes and 2,400 kilos of avocados from various farms in the Axarquia.
Farmer robbed twice in twenty-four hours
The avocado season has not yet begun but already farmers are suffering thefts from their fields.
Axarquia avocados
The avocado season has finished in the Axaerquia and the Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores (Asaja) report a harvest of 40,200 tons valued at €46 million. Around 10,000 tons are for the domestic market, the rest are destined for the main European markets of France, Britain and Germany.