Exports of Minneola tangelo from Peru grow again after 7 years

(Agraria.pe) After 7 years of constant decline, 2025 is the first year in which Peruvian exports of Minneola tangelo have registered growth, reported the general manager of the Association of Citrus Producers of Peru (ProCitrus), Sergio del Castillo Valderrama. He pointed out that since the start of the 2025 campaign until week 33 (August 16), Peru exported 9,604 tons of Minneola tangelo, showing an increase of 28.76% compared to the 7,459 tons shipped in the same period of the 2024 campaign. He detailed that in 2024 Peru's export of Minneola tangelo reached 7,459 tons, in 2023 it was 8,707 tons, in 2022 it totaled 11,864 tons, in 2021 it summed 17,000 tons, in 2020 it was 18,000 tons, in 2019 it reached 19,000 tons, in 2018 it was 23,000 tons. "From that year on, shipments of this fruit began to fall." He added that the peak years for Peru's Minneola tangelo were between 2012 and 2015, where our country reached exporting 30,000 tons in 2014 and 33,000 tons in 2012. Sergio del ...