Argentine blueberries end the season with 6,400 tons

Published 2024년 1월 3일

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Jorge Pazos, secretary of the Argentine Blueberry Committee, discussed the season's performance and challenges facing the sector in an interview with Portalfruticola.com. He noted that while production was down by 25%, it was a satisfactory season due to favorable prices, and emphasized the importance of balancing product offerings for future profitability. The market that showed the greatest growth was the UK, and the US market benefited from a decline in production from Peru, leading to better profitability for Argentine producers. Additionally, the Argentine Blueberry Committee met with the Secretary of Bioeconomy of the Nation, Agr. Engineer. Fernando Vilella, who agreed to exclude the fruit from export taxes, relieving tax pressure on the sector.

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Jorge Pazos, secretary of the Argentine Blueberry Committee (ABC) spoke with Portalfruticola.com to analyze the behavior of the season, the challenges facing the sector and the results of the meeting with the new agricultural authority of Argentina. Pazos noted “we are ending the season with 6,400 tons, 25% less than the previous season where we obtained 8,500 tons. We can conclude that it was a satisfactory season in terms of prices. We believe that reaching a balance of product offerings in the future, where production volumes can be managed, will be a good decision for producers to be profitable.” He emphasized that price expectations were very favorable. “I think that looking for the balance of oversupply in the markets, in the particular case when Peru advances with so many volumes, what it does is that those who are the buyers or intermediaries in the purchase, seek to regulate a price downwards. As there was less volume, it allowed us to generate a favorable profitability ...

Source: MXfruit