Every day of transport strike, Peru stops exporting more than 500,000 dollars worth of bananas
Fresh Banana
Peru
Published Jul 3, 2022
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The National Banana Board (Junaba) warned of the impact that the cargo transport strike is generating in the sector. The entity estimates that for each day of stoppage, around 36 containers of the fruit are not exported, which in these months is sent to the European and North American markets, equivalent to 538,488 dollars.
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“Now we cannot export and we are less competitive when, at the same time, Central American countries and Ecuador were taking advantage of us because they enter the European Union without charging tariffs,” said Walter Mauricio, manager of the Río y Valle Cooperative and advisor to Junaba. In these last three days of strike, the producer union has had to redirect production to the national market, with the difference that a box of organic bananas is sold locally for only 3 dollars, he reported. Junaba has reported that they have tried to talk with the Paita Transport Association (UTP), to reach a joint agreement that benefits both parties, but without any agreement so far. And it is that the carriers would be requesting that the banana producers take charge of 100% of the value of the fuel increase, when in a past meeting it was agreed that it would only be 50%. double hit Banana production in Peru is already one of the most affected by the high costs of shipping freight reported ...
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