The market in Peru should be flooded with blueberries right now but, there is a significant shortage instead

(Agraria.pe) “There is a lack of blueberries in the market. There is talk that in Peru, exports from this current campaign to date have fallen almost 40% because temperatures in some parts of the country have been above normal, and we must remember that Peruvian blueberries are the ones that fill the main markets in the world. We are talking about thousands of tons of fruit, and that is being noticed; In fact, the market should be flooded with fruit right now and, instead, there is a significant shortage,” says Eduardo López, from Campoberry. “At Campoberry we are noticing this greater demand in the market and we are receiving many calls from clients interested in buying our production, but our fixed clients are the first to whom we are going to supply ahead of new buyers. Furthermore, at the moment we have less fruit compared to other seasons because the blueberry campaign on the Cantabrian coast started about 15 days earlier than last year." “We started on May 26-27 and by the ...