Pecan is the most important variety of nuts in Mexico. According to the pecan insider of such country, the total pecan yield in Mexico might decline by 28% this year. The main reason for this was that the fruiting rate of pecan tress declined overall due to the hot and dry weather in Mexico in 2017. However, the fruits were very good in terms of the size, quality and kernel rate precisely because of the yield reduction of each pecan tree. In addition, the harvesting was easy and the bud rate was reduced greatly due to the dry weather.

For the previous production season, the planting area of the pecan in Mexico was about 112,000 hectares; the harvesting area was about 81,000 hectares; the yield reached up to 1.7 tons per hectare; the total yield was about 138,000 tons. In recent ten years, the pecan yield in Mexico increased constantly. The total yield in 2016 doubled compared to that of ten years ago. In 2016, the export amount of the shelled pecan in Mexico reached up to USD2,550,000 with the year-on-year growth rate of 74%; the export amount of the unshelled pecan reached up to USD3,680,000 with the year-on-year growth rate of 22%. The shelled and unshelled pecans in Mexico were mainly exported to U.S.A. with the export amount of up to USD1,890,000 and USD3,650,000. The amounts of Mexican shelled pecans imported by China and Vietnam were USD410,000 and USD250,000 respectively, ranked the second and the third respectively. Since 2014, China has lowered the pecan tariff from 25% to 10% and maintained such tariff to this day.