ADEX: Peruvian Capsicum Will Have Better Opportunities Abroad This Year

Peruvian chili peppers and peppers (capsicum) face 2025 with encouraging prospects, driven by factors such as agricultural difficulties in Mexico and the oversupply recorded in China, thus having the opportunity to strengthen their international position, provided they raise their safety and quality standards. This was stated by the president of the Capsicum Committee of the Exporters Association (ADEX), Walter Seras Pacheco, during the launch of the II Capsicum Business Encounter, an event organized by said guild, which will take place on July 10 and 11 in Arequipa. "Exporters are capable of supplying international demand, but we must be prepared. We have already done so with the ancho chile from Mexico, one of its emblematic peppers, which in 2024 faced production problems. After foreseeing and analyzing that situation, Peru increased its exports by 107%. We are aiming towards this type of work," he emphasized. Our country – he detailed – is one of the main centers of origin of ...