Due to its climatic characteristics, Latin America is one of the main avocado producing regions. In Mexico, the production of the vegetable in the crop year 2016/17 were estimated to amount to 1.8 million metric tons. The harvested area of avocado in countries such as Peru, Colombia and Dominican Republic were the highest in the region.
In terms of production volume, mango continued to rank as the predominant tropical fruit variety, due to the commodity’s popularity in India, where an estimated 38 percent of global production originates. Global production of mango accounted for more than half of total global major tropical fruit production in 2018.
Among continents, suppliers in Europe sold the highest dollar worth of exported lemons and limes during 2019 with shipments valued at $1.4 billion or 41.8% of the global total. In second place were North American exporters at 21.4% while 13.4% of worldwide lemons and limes shipments originated from Asia. This compares to 13.2% for Latin America excluding Mexico but including the Caribbean. Smaller percentages came from Africa (9.9%) and Oceania (0.3%) led by New Zealand and Australia.
There are few crops in the world able to claim such a global and undisputable popularity as coffee. Despite the plant being discovered in Ethiopia centuries ago, in modern days the global coffee scene revolves around Latin America. Coffee is a big market in the region, as many countries both produce and heavily consume it. In fact, Latin America accounted for nearly 60 percent of worldwide coffee production in 2019.