El Niño causes a decrease in Peruvian blueberry production, leading to an export opportunity for domestically produced frozen blueberries.

Affected by the strong El Niño phenomenon, Peru's core blueberry growing regions are experiencing sustained extreme high temperatures, leading to a significant reduction in the new season's output, tightening global blueberry supply and driving up prices. Since April 2026, Peru's northern core blueberry producing regions, including Piura, Chiclayo, and Trujillo, have seen rare climate anomalies with temperatures 4-6 degrees Celsius above the annual average, and the high temperatures are expected to persist until November, fully covering the core blueberry export early picking window. The critical growth period for blueberry flower bud differentiation and fruit setting has been hit by continuous heatwaves, causing severe production damage. Field survey data shows that in the relatively mild climate conditions of the Ica region, flower bud production has decreased by 7%, while in the core producing region of Piura, the flower bud loss rate is as high as 65%, with extremely severe ...