Peru: The expansion of new blueberry plantations in China is immense

The pace of planting new blueberry fields in China is "really enormous," says Sebastián Ochoa, owner of Consultora Agrícola Santa María, a company that offers technical support in blueberry production, due diligence and business consulting around the world. Speaking from the Chinese province of Hunan, after consulting work in Europe, in Georgia and Austria and then in Morocco, Ochoa says the pace of expansion in China is simply astonishing. "In China, blueberry market prices are very high. They are planting many hectares, informally they have 80,000 hectares planted. The last time I was here was in August 2023. Now again, after visiting the provinces of Hunan and Sichuan, I see new farms everywhere, with thousands of plantations. Sebastián Ochoa with his Chinese clients. Ochoa works with three companies in Hunan province. "I work with three large companies that are completely Chinese and are in the process of obtaining new genetics. I also visited producers in Sichuan province. ...