Peru bets on diversifying citrus exports to Vietnam, the Philippines, and New Zealand

Published 2022년 10월 26일

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Peru is focusing on diversifying its citrus markets, with a particular goal to achieve this by 2023. The country exports citrus to North America, Europe, and Asia, and recently opened the Indian market, but a logistics crisis has delayed containers from arriving in the country. Global and national inflation, along with the devaluation of the dollar against the euro, have led to increased costs and affected farming. Despite a boost in demand for citrus during the pandemic, prices have not improved, and only high-priced varieties are expected to survive. Procitrus, which represents most of the country's citrus exports, expects to export 250,000 tons in 2022, the same as in 2021. The industry is facing challenges and is working to maintain its growth trend and include more small farmers. Procitrus has a program to advise small farmers on export procedures.

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(Agraria.pe) Peru is strengthening the diversification of its citrus markets and from the Association of Citrus Producers of Peru (Procitrus) they comment that they hope to achieve them in the coming years, the most immediate being 2023. With shipments reaching North America, Europe and Asia, last year they opened the Indian market, however, the logistics crisis caused delays and the containers have not yet arrived in the country. Sergio Del Castillo, general manager of Procitrus, said the logistics had a huge impact on them. Citrus fruits are one of the cheapest fruits, in which very few cents per kilo are earned, therefore, farmers have been affected by the rise in costs and to avoid fruit losses, they decided not to export. Added to the foregoing is global and national inflation which, together with the devaluation of the dollar against the euro, generate additional losses for producers. Citrus fruits are positioned as a solid product in world food. In 2021, the pandemic ...

Source: Agraria