That ripe avocado sitting on your counter almost certainly began as fruit on a tree in Michoacán. Fresh figures drawn from the World Trade Organization and reported by El Economista on Tuesday show Mexico claiming 40.1% of every export dollar in the global avocado trade during 2025 — an all-time high. By value, that came to roughly $3.97 billion, about 3.6% more than the year before.
Here's the figure that reveals what's really going on: Mexico moved less fruit in 2025 than it had two years earlier. Shipments slid from roughly 1.40 million metric tons in 2023 to 1.22 million in 2025, while the money kept rising. Fewer avocados, fatter receipts. That isn't scarcity doing the work. That's leverage.
