Peru: Ica Region consolidates as the first exporting region of table grapes

Published 2022년 11월 24일

Tridge summary

Ica, Peru is planning to export over 265,000 tons of table grapes during the 2022-2023 season, with Israel, Japan, and Chile as new markets, in addition to the United States, China, and the Netherlands. The grape industry generates employment and has the lowest water footprint among major export crops. The province of Ica is the largest table grape producer in Peru, accounting for more than 40% of the country's production.

Disclaimer:The above summary was generated by Tridge's proprietary AI model for informational purposes.

Original content

(Agraria.pe) Ica plans to export more than 265,000 tons of table grapes during the 2022-2023 season, the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa) said, adding that Israel, Japan and Chile will join the list of destination markets that enjoy the delicious Peruvian fruit. "Senasa has an important role in the issue of agricultural exports and one of them is the maintenance of markets and we have 92 international markets for table grapes," said Julio Vivas Bancallán, director of Senasa's Plant Quarantine Branch. He argued that Senasa works so that Israel, Chile and Japan become the next international destination markets where the table grapes produced in Ica will be exported. "Since 2010 we have been working with Japan to open this market," he added. Alejandro Cabrera Cigarán, general manager of the Association of Table Grape Producers of Peru (Provid), stated that our country, during the 2021-2022 campaign, managed to export 531,750 tons of table grapes and the Ica region ...

Source: Agraria