Peru: The discouraging outlook for fresh blueberries is accentuated every week

After eight months of the campaign, weekly shipments of fresh blueberries have not been able to overcome the barrier of 15,000 tons; while, at this time last year, they had already exceeded 20,000 tons exported. This discouraging scenario for the product has continued its trend and is expected to continue in the coming weeks. In this last week, fruit shipments totaled 10,123 tons, which despite being 16% higher than last year, was 7% lower than the previous week. However, it is worth highlighting that this positive growth compared to last year would be nothing more nor less than the results of this atypical Peruvian blueberry season, since given the delay that this campaign has presented, the gap—compared to the previous one— it becomes wider. During the week, the product reached 17 destinations, of which the main ones were the United States, with 59% share (5,941 tons); followed by the Netherlands, with 24% (2,462 tons), and the United Kingdom, with 7% (705 tons). Regarding the ...