From avocado toast to margaritas, the US is heavily reliant on Mexican imports of fruit, vegetables and alcohol to meet consumer demand.
Avocados are on display for sale at the wholesale market "Central de Abastos" in Mexico City, Mexico Jan. 11, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.President Donald Trump's threat to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border would hit American consumers — in the gut.
Americans would run out of avocados in three weeks if imports from Mexico were stopped, said Steve Barnard, president and chief executive of Mission Produce, the largest distributor and grower of avocados in the world. Trump said on Friday that there was a"very good likelihood" he would close the border this week if Mexico did not stop immigrants from reaching the United States. A complete shutdown would disrupt millions of legal border crossings in addition to asylum seekers, as well as billions of dollars in trade, about $137 billion of which is in food imports.
"We're absolutely going to see higher prices. This is a very real and very relevant concern for American consumers."Mexico is the largest importer of U.S. exports of refined fuels like diesel and gasoline, some of which moves by rail. It is unclear if rail terminals would be affected by closures.
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