Mexico: Market Snapshot Report - Hermosillo and Sonora

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   MX2024-0045
The following is part of a series of reports prepared by the Agricultural Trade Offices (ATOs) in Monterrey and Mexico City, to provide background on local and regional markets of interest for current and prospective exporters of U.S. agriculture, food and beverage products. This report highlights Hermosillo and the state of Sonora, which possess major horticultural and livestock export industries and close economic and cultural ties to the United States. The information contained in this report summarizes opportunities in what is not traditionally considered one of Mexico’s key markets for U.S. products but is a region growing at rates above the national average and with above average GDP per capita. Sonora’s production agriculture is already a major customer for U.S. inputs, and Hermosillo as a consumer market shows growing potential for U.S. exports.

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