Peru: New markets open in 2023

(Agraria.pe) With 2023 being so complicated, Peruvian agro-exporters have tried to adapt to the environmental conditions with different strategies. One of them has been to advance or delay their harvests due to changes in flowering. This measure has forced them to look for markets where they could enter with better prices and thus also compensate for the lower volumes. The grapes, currently in the middle of the campaign, reached their peak earlier and have achieved good prices due to the lower overall supply. In contrast, blueberries saw the highest point of their campaign delayed by almost a month. At the peak of the campaign it had 39% less volume than the previous campaign, which facilitated a better price. And although it was not significant, in 2023 fear led exporters to look for new markets for their products. In that sense, the blueberry was able to open new destinations such as Taiwan (629 tons for US$ 4.5 million), Malta (96 tons for US$ 138 thousand) and ...