| | |  News Around the Republic of Mexico 
Mexico Sees Kiwis in its Future
 Associated Press
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June 24, 2010
| | Kiwi in your margarita? Mexico sees future in New Zealand's trademark fruit. | |
Mexico City - Mexico is scoping out its Pacific coast farmland for possible kiwi production with the help of technicians from New Zealand.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Mayorga says strawberries and other fruit that need similar conditions as kiwis are thriving in Mexico's central Pacific states.
The idea is still in the exploratory phase and there is no date for when production might begin.
Mayorga also said Thursday that Mexico plans to eliminate a 20 percent tariff on kiwi imports from New Zealand.
He said he was optimistic that could happen soon and expected little opposition from Mexico's farmers since there is no domestic kiwi production - yet.
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