MEXICO: Exports of organic products total some $600 million annually, the Mexican Agriculture Secretariat said.
Coffee accounts for 50 percent of organic exports, followed by aromatic herbs, spices, fruits and vegetables, caccao and grapes.
The states of Chiapas, Oaxaca, Michoacan, Queretaro and Guerrero are the largest producers of organic products.
The organics sector employs about 245,000 people and is growing at an annual rate of 8 percent, ASERCA agricultural marketing service director Georgius Gotsis Fontes said.
One of the main markets for organic exports is the European Union, the official said.
Organic products, which often sell at higher prices than regular comparable products, are produced without using pesticides, chemical fertilizers or genetically modified organisms.
