Onions 2021 - 2022
Mexican volume eclipsed 15,000,000lbs one time in 2021.
Mexican volume surpassed 10 million pounds twice in 2022.
YTD 2023 - Mexican volume has exceeded 10 millions pounds one time.
Overall Volume from Texas is 39% more in compared to the previous year, but 37% less than in 2019-2022
Lower Rio Grande is declining
Mexico exported 18% less in the 2022 compared to the previous year, but 23% more than 2020
With the majority of the volume crossing in Progreso, Santa Teresa and Pharr.
Summary - Onions
• Between 2019 and 2022, Texas had a 47% market falling to 27% in 2022
• Since 2021, Mexico has exceeded 15M lbs. once in 2021 and exceeded 10M lbs. twice in 2022 and once in YTD2023
• Overall Texas’s 2022 YoY volume is 39% more, but 37% less than in 2019 –2022
• Between 2021 – 2022 Mexico exported 18% less but 20% more than in 2020
• The majority of onions cross in Progreso, Santa Teresa, and Pharr
• Texas has an opportunity to increase the onion volume in the Lower Rio Grande region, showing the volume potential in 2020