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Peru consolidates its global leadership in grape

Fresh Grape
Peru
Published May 19, 2022

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The 2021/2022 Peruvian grape export campaign, which runs from September to March, has ended with "pleasant results," says Luis Corvera, general director of FreshFruit Peru. This campaign, shipments of the fruit totaled 531,069 tons for 1,373 million dollars, registering an increase of 13% in volume and 22% in value compared to the previous campaign.

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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%–, elevating Peru to the head of the list of grape suppliers with 11% global participation, surpassing China and Chile. campaign dynamics 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 10 million dollars, a volume and value similar to that of 2020. During this period, Peruvian companies chose to control their shipments to Europe and the United States, so as not to coincide with the closure of the northern hemisphere campaigns (California, Italy and Spain). Thus, they avoided having a negative impact on market prices during the first months of the season. Between October and November, Peruvian exports grew 19% in volume and 23% in value, reaching 151,601 tons for 393 million dollars. During ...
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