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Issue No. 17 · Spring Catalog · Est. 2009

Your trusted gateway to premium Latin American agricultural commodities — direct from source to shelf since 2009.

GoSh Americas is a family-owned importer connecting North American food manufacturers, distributors, and wholesale buyers to a verified grower network spanning 14 countries and 2,300+ partners — handling sourcing, quality control, cold-chain logistics, and USDA-compliant documentation in one accountable pipeline.

McAllen, TX 2,300 growers 14 countries Est. 2009
Refrigerated loading dock at the GoSh Americas Pharr facility with pallets of limes staged beside a reefer trailer at dawn.
Origin inspection, Pharr cold-dock · 05:42 CST

Why buyers stay

Three reasons a procurement manager stops vetting and starts a conversation.

  1. 01

    A sourcing network you can verify at origin

    Over 2,300 active grower partners across 14 Latin American countries — Mexico, Peru, Chile, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, the Dominican Republic, Panama, and Bolivia. On-site QC inspectors are stationed at 9 origin packing facilities, and every lot is tested before the container is sealed.

    View the sourcing network →
  2. 02

    Lower landed cost on flagship programs

    By sourcing direct from origin and consolidating freight through our own Pharr operation, GoSh programs run an average of 23% below U.S. domestic equivalents on avocado, mango, and lime lines — without sacrificing pack style, grade, or transit integrity.

    See origin programs →
  3. 03

    A delivery record procurement can defend

    92% on-time-in-full delivery across 11,400+ shipments in 2024. USDA-APHIS-compliant cold treatment documentation is delivered with 100% of shipments — every line, every entry, since 2017. Zero rejected entry lines in the past 36 months.

    Review cold-chain & documentation →

The network, in numbers

The network behind every shipment, measured in growers, countries, and pounds.

GoSh Americas moved 14.2 million pounds of fresh produce through the Pharr bridge in 2024, drawn from a sourcing web that spans two continents and a generation of grower relationships.

2,300+ Verified grower partners Across 14 Latin American countries
14 Origin countries Mexico to Chile, Brazil to Bolivia
14.2M lbs Pharr bridge throughput, 2024 Refrigerated, USDA-bonded
92% On-time-in-full, 2024 Across 11,400+ shipments
Illustrated map of Latin America showing the GoSh Americas sourcing network spanning 14 origin countries with freight routes converging on Pharr, Texas.
McAllen, TXHeadquarters
Mexico CityMexico sourcing
LimaAndean & Peru ops
SantiagoSouthern cone ops

Flagship commodity programs

Six flagship programs sourced, packed, and documented under one roof.

Each program is listed the way an industry directory lists programs — pack styles, growing seasons, transit days, and entry point — so a procurement manager can match a line to a truck.

Hass avocado orchard in Michoacán with clusters of fruit visible on the branches.

Hass Avocado

Origin
Mexico · Peru · Chile
Pack
25 lb cartons, count 48–84
Season
Year-round, regional rotation
Transit
2–5 days to Pharr
Ataúlfo mangoes being sorted by hand on a packing line in Chiapas.

Ataúlfo & Tommy Atkins Mango

Origin
Mexico · Peru
Pack
10 lb & 40 lb cartons
Season
Jan–Sep
Transit
3–5 days to Pharr
Persian limes packed into mesh bags inside a Veracruz packinghouse.

Persian Lime

Origin
Mexico (Veracruz)
Pack
40 lb cartons, 10 lb mesh
Season
Year-round
Transit
1–2 days to Pharr
Berry clamshells being filled on a packing line in a Chilean facility.

Berry Program

Origin
Chile · Peru · Mexico
Pack
6 oz, 1 lb & 2 lb clamshells
Season
Oct–Apr peak
Transit
5–9 days to U.S. ports
Citrus being graded by size on a packing line in a Mexican facility.

Citrus (Orange, Mandarin, Grapefruit)

Origin
Mexico · Uruguay
Pack
40 lb cartons, RPC bins
Season
Oct–May
Transit
3–6 days to Pharr
MD-2 golden pineapples stacked inside a Costa Rican packing facility.

MD-2 Pineapple

Origin
Costa Rica · Ecuador
Pack
40 lb cartons, count 5–8
Season
Year-round
Transit
5–7 days to U.S. ports

Compliance & documentation

Every shipment documented to USDA-APHIS standard; every facility GFSI/SQF Level 3.

  • GFSI / SQF L3

    Global Food Safety Initiative

    SQF Level 3 rating maintained at every GoSh-owned facility. Independent re-audit annually, with corrective action tracking on file.

  • USDA-APHIS

    Cold-treatment documentation

    100% of shipments delivered with USDA-APHIS-compliant cold treatment documentation since 2017. Zero rejected entry lines in the past 36 months.

  • PMA · UFPA

    Industry membership since 2011

    Member of the Produce Marketing Association and the United Fresh Produce Association. Active on the trade policy and food safety committees.

  • USDA BONDED

    48,000 sq ft Pharr warehouse

    Bonded warehouse at 2401 East Expressway 83 with same-day cross-dock capability. Refrigerated zones and 32-trailer reefer fleet staged on site.

A note from the second generation

"We grew up riding alongside the trucks."

GoSh Americas was founded in 2009 by my parents, in a single office above a freight broker on Jackson Avenue in McAllen. They had spent twenty years buying for U.S. retailers before that, and they started this company because the growers they trusted most had no reliable path across the border — not because the fruit wasn't good, but because the paperwork, the cold chain, and the inspection cadence weren't.

Today we run 87 people across offices in Texas, Mexico City, Lima, and Santiago. We maintain a fleet of 32 refrigerated trailers. We move, on average, more than a million pounds of fresh produce through the Pharr bridge every month. The Texas Produce Association named us Importer of the Year in 2022, and The Packer has kept us on its Top 50 Produce Wholesalers list for six years running.

None of that is the point. The point is still the one my parents made at the kitchen table that first year: a season lost to unreliable supply is a season a buyer doesn't get back. We are still in the business of making sure that doesn't happen.

If you are vetting a Latin American program — avocado, mango, lime, berries, citrus, pineapple, or something more specialized — and you want to talk to the people who will actually manage your account, write to us. We answer every qualified inquiry ourselves.

Andrés Salazar-García

Managing Partner, second generation