Economy · Avocado trade halted · ArchiveU.S. Halts Avocado Inspections in Michoacan — Harvest FrozenAired August 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00The United States has suspended avocado0:02inspections in Michoacán, Mexico over a0:04non-specific threat to US interests,0:06immediately freezing the export [music]0:08pipeline at its source, the Associated0:10Press reports. Without active0:11inspections, fruit already inside the0:13plants is quarantined and cannot be0:15moved until supervision from USDA0:17Technical Services, leaving packers0:19completely stopped and waiting for news0:21so the harvest can restart. Producers in0:23Michoacán warned Thursday, August 6th,0:25that the shutdown exposes a deeper0:27unresolved crisis, saying insecurity and0:29extortion continue to threaten their0:31livelihoods. Amid the US export0:33shutdown, they are demanding solutions0:35from authorities. Inside the packing0:36facilities, the standstill is total, the0:39AP reports. Quarantined fruit sits0:41locked inside, and the plants that0:43normally move the harvest are idle.0:45Hundreds of families are affected and0:47worried because they depend [music]0:48entirely on the avocado industry,0:50producers said, with families wondering0:52what will happen and what they are going0:54to do. Today, they didn't work,0:56producers said, asking the most urgent0:58question as daily wages disappeared.1:01What are they going to eat? What remains1:02unresolved is when USDA Technical1:04Services supervision will resume to1:06release the quarantined fruit and1:08restart the harvest, and whether1:09government action will address the1:11insecurity and extortion producers say1:13made the US suspension possible in the1:15first place.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗