Grup Maritim TCB, a global marine terminal operator, said Mexican cucumber exports to the United States and Europe from its terminal at Puerto Progresso on the Yucatán peninsula reached a record high of 1,490 TEUs during the harvest season between November and April.
The containers held about 30,000 tons of the vegetable.
The previous export record was 1,271 40-foot containers in the 2008/09 season.
Yucatan cucumber exports rise