Peru Has Potential to Match Egypt and Poland in Frozen Strawberry Exports

The president of the Agroindustries, Food, and Beverages Committee of the Exporters Association (ADEX), Mario Salazar Vergaray, noted that Peru has the potential to match Egypt and Poland, located in the top 3 of the 2024 global frozen strawberry exporters ranking. "What we need is to technify cultivation and close the technological and educational gap faced by small producers," he affirmed. According to World's Top Exports, last year Egypt was the global leader in shipments of this product with US$ 392 million, concentrating 27% of the total. Mexico followed (US$ 186 million), Poland (US$ 126 million), and Chile (US$ 112 million). Peru, for its part, occupied 8th place with US$ 56.8 million, accumulating 4%. In this context, he reported that the business guild will hold the First Colloquium 'Strengthening the Strawberry Export Chain in Peru,' on July 22 at the Catholic University Sedes Sapientiae (UCSS), Huaura branch. "The event will boost the competitiveness of cultivation at ...