(Agraria.pe) The 2021/2022 Peruvian grape export campaign, which runs from September to March, has ended with pleasing results. This season, fruit shipments totaled 531,069 tons for US$1,373 million, 13% more in volume and 22% more in value compared to the previous campaign.
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By Luis Corvera, general director of FreshFruit Peru Since grape exports took off in the 2006/2007 campaign - when more than 20,000 tons of fruit were shipped - they have not stopped growing. Even in the 2020/2021 season, during the pandemic, shipments remained solid and showed an increase of 18% in volume and 21% in value, reaching 468,594 tons for US$1,127 million. At present, grapes have established themselves as the main product in the Peruvian agro-export basket, with a 15% share, followed by blueberries, with 14%, and avocados, with 13%. Likewise, worldwide, at the end of 2021, Peru led the list of grape suppliers with an 11% share, surpassing China and Chile. Dynamics of the campaign Despite the higher volumes of grapes produced, the start of the 2021/2022 export campaign was slow. In September 2021, shipments of the fruit totaled 4,521 tons for US$10 million, a volume and value similar to that of 2020. During this period, Peruvian companies chose to control their ...
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