Peruvian passion fruit exports grow 10% in beginning of 2022

Published 2022년 5월 12일

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In the first two months of 2022, Peru's passion fruit exports saw a 10% increase from the previous year, totaling $6.18 million and reaching above the exports of the same period in 2016. This growth is part of a consistent annual upward trend since 2021, following a period of fluctuation from 2017 to 2020. The Peruvian exporters association ADEX, along with the government’s national ag-innovation institute INIA, is working to enhance the technical capabilities of the industry and boost on-field performance. The passion fruit exports are predominantly concentrated in the juice format, with the Netherlands being the primary recipient, primarily for the E.U. market.

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During the first two months of 2022, Peru’s passion fruit exports totaled $6.18 million in January and February of this year, 10 percent above the total for the same period last year, but still short of peaks seen in 2016. According to a statement published by the Peruvian exporters association ADEX, exports of the tropical fruit in the period have grown each year since 2021, after a choppy performance between 2017 and 2020. Susana Yturry, manager of the association, said that the association has been working with the government’s national ag-innovation institute INIA to strengthen the technical capacities of the industry’s workforce. The two institutions have been focusing mainly on improving results at the field level, but the effort also includes promotional activities to “motivate growers to keep planting passion fruit”, the ...

Source: Fresh Fruit Portal