Overview
- The T-MEC now requires all avocados shipped to the United States to carry certification proving orchards are not on unauthorized deforested land.
- Packers cannot buy from noncompliant plots, and orchards flagged for land‑use violations, intentional fires or deforestation are blocked automatically.
- Michoacán’s Guardián Forestal monitors more than 180,000 hectares and about 58,000 export‑oriented orchards in real time for compliance, officials said.
- Authorities recorded more than 1,000 environmental complaints in 2025 tied to illegal land‑use change and deforestation in avocado regions.
- State leaders say orchard‑by‑orchard certification for export is expected to begin around April, and the sanctioned plots equal about 3.45% of orchards according to reported state figures.