ADEX: Access to China and other markets will help maintain global grape leadership of Peru

(Agraria.pe) The update of the phytosanitary protocol that allows the export of grapes by air to China and its access to other markets will positively impact agro-exports and will help maintain us as the world's leading exporter of that fruit, said the president of the Association of Exporters (ADEX), Julio Pérez Alván. Last June, an official delegation led by the President of the Republic, Dina Boluarte Zegarra, traveled to the Asian giant to sign this agreement and others that aim to continue diversifying the Peruvian offer. Air entry will improve grape shipments to China that already enter by sea. Last year Peru was its second supplier, representing 30.7% of the total, only surpassed by Australia, which accounted for 31.1%. Others were Chile (30.4%) and, with lower percentages, South Africa and India. “When it is transported by plane it receives a better price because it arrives fresher. This, like the greater demand from the US, Mexico, the Netherlands – its main destinations ...