DENVER—State officials say Colorado’s agricultural exports decreased 2.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 from the same time period last year.
The Colorado Department of Agriculture says exports fell $9.4 million to $337.4 million in the first quarter of this year.
The Denver Post reports ( ) Mexico, the state’s third-largest beef-export market, cut its purchases of beef throughout the United States. That resulted in a more than $19 million drop in the state’s beef export to Mexico.
Also, Colorado and national beef exporters lost sales when Russia closed its market. As a result, Colorado’s beef exports, the state’s largest export commodity, decreased 3.9 percent.
John Salazar, Colorado’s commissioner of agriculture, notes that, overall, Colorado’s agriculture exports have increased 72.7 percent since 2009.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
