Missing that lime in your beer or margarita when you go to the bar lately? Prices of limes has risen sharply in the United States and Mexico. That’s making products made with limes more expensive.
About 98 percent of limes consumed in the U.S. come from Mexico. But our neighbors to the south are feeling seriously squeezed by a shortage of the beloved citrus fruit.
At a Mexico City outdoor market, vendor Alberto Reyes Stanislao tries to entice passersby to buy his limes with sweet talk and coaxing. But with limes going for 50 pesos a kilo — about $1.75 a pound, or three times the normal price — his sales have plummeted 50 percent. And he says he’s getting an earful from customers.
“They say I’m selling green gold. One customer told me that instead of eating the limes, she was going to wear them as a necklace,” says Reyes.
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