Peruvian blueberry exports would grow 30% in the 2022-2023 campaign

In recent years, the growth of Peruvian blueberry exports has been exponential and continues to highlight its presence as the leading exporter globally. Peru has experienced a 16-fold growth in the exported volume of blueberries in less than a decade, going from 17,386 tons in 2013 to 275,837 tons exported in 2022. In this sense, the Scotiabank Economic Studies Department estimated that for the 2022/23 campaign, exports would reach 285 thousand tons, an increase of about 30% compared to the 2021/22 campaign (216,842 tons). "This estimate assumes the higher production that has been driven by the orientation towards finding new, more productive varieties and the larger harvested areas -partly due to the conversion of less profitable crops towards blueberries-. It should be noted that the berry enters production from the second year until it reaches maturity from the eighth or ninth year," the bank indicated. Average price Meanwhile, the average export price registered a drop to ...