Peruvian citrus fruits hope to recover volume

Published Feb 6, 2024

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Peru's citrus industry, led by major player Sunfruits, is set to begin its mandarin harvest in four weeks, expecting to recover volumes lost last season due to the El Niño phenomenon. Despite competition from Morocco and South Africa, Sunfruits has found a strong market in China, in addition to its main markets in the US, Europe, Central America, and Canada. The company is also addressing the challenge of pests that have become more resistant due to rising temperatures, seeking environmentally friendly solutions to maintain pesticide residue limits.

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In four more weeks, the citrus industry in Peru begins to activate, beginning the harvest of the first mandarins. To find out the current state of the crop and the projection of the season, we spoke with the agricultural manager of Sunfruits, Manuel Olaechea, who commented that last season they had a very limited production due to the El Niño phenomenon, which generated a reduction in volume. , in the size of mandarins, “product of a delay in flowering, lowering productivity per hectare. But this year we have had an increase in cultivated hectares and we hope to recover the volume, since we have 60 more hectares that came into production." Sunfruits agricultural manager, Manuel Olaechea. Olaechea commented that its main destination markets are the United States, China, Europe, Central America and Canada. He explained that they have a great challenge, “in the region where we are, which is Ica, we have a complexity when it comes to choosing the colors and tones that are most ...

Source: MXfruit