At an international level, the Peruvian avocado industry has become a very important player

Published Dec 24, 2024

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Peru is the world's second-largest avocado exporter, shipping nearly 550 thousand tons in 2024, with the industry led by the Association of Producers and Exporters of Hass Avocado of Peru (ProHass). Newly elected ProHass president, José Antonio Castro, aims to enhance the organization's influence within the export sector and improve the benefits for associates. The industry has faced challenges such as production costs, sanitary issues, and logistical limitations, but there are also opportunities for growth in markets with low per capita consumption. ProHass is working on expanding into new markets and exploring other avocado products for export. Castro views Chile as a strategic market due to its complementary seasons, and ProHass is focusing on other markets and product formats to diversify exports.

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(Agraria.pe) Peru is currently the second largest avocado exporter in the world, ending the 2024 campaign with nearly 550 thousand tons shipped. Due to its importance for the country and the world, the new president of the Association of Producers and Exporters of Hass Avocado of Peru (ProHass), José Antonio Castro, said that "it is a great responsibility, it is a challenge, but at the same time it will be a professional contribution to the guild and to the Peruvian avocado industry in general." He said that in 2024 Prohass turned 25, a period in which "it has been the leading institution and reference for the Peruvian avocado industry nationally and internationally," he said. According to the latest official census, Peru has 76 thousand hectares of Hass avocado, with a total of 28 thousand producers, of which 27 thousand producers have less than 10 hectares. In this regard, he commented that, “for this and many other reasons, it is a great responsibility to assume the direction ...

Source: Agraria