Brazilian fruit exports up 2% in volume in Q1 2022
Fruits
Brazil
Published Apr 29, 2022
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Even with several challenges faced by Brazilian fruit growers and exporters in the first three months of the year, fruit exports registered a 2 percent increase in volume compared to the same period of the previous year.The total volume of fresh fruit sent abroad so far has been 250,000 tons, but in terms of value, there were no increases, the same values as the previous year were recorded, with revenues of $196 million, as reported by Abafrutas.Melon, lemon, mango and watermelon were the fruits with the most registered shipments from January to April 2022. Despite the increase of only 4 percent in volume in melon exports, around 76,000 tons of the fruit were sent to the international market, with revenue of $47.1 million.Lemons registered an increase of 20 percent, with shipments of almost 37,000 tons. This increase was due to a few points, among them the foreign market had more attractive prices than the domestic one.In addition, countries such as Mexico, Colombia and Guatemala ...
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