Peru: Less fresh lemon, more juice in exports

In October of this year, Peruvian lemon exports did not fall as much as had been believed. A more negative scenario was expected for citrus this month; However, lemon juice surprised, counteracting the drop in fresh lemon shipments, according to FreshFruit. This month, Peruvian lemon shipments totaled 2,220 tons, which was only 0.2% less than last year. Of this total shipped, 85% was lemon juice, reaching almost 1,900 tons exported, reaching almost four times more than what was sent from this presentation in this same month of 2022. For their part, fresh lemon shipments only represented 9% of the total exported this month, thus reflecting a drop of 84% compared to last year. It should be noted that the fresh presentation was the ...