“Peru continues to be the world leader in blueberry exports”

(Agraria.pe) In the 2023/2024 campaign, Peru exported 222 thousand tons of fresh blueberries, showing a contraction of -22.38% compared to the 286 thousand tons shipped in the previous campaign (2022/2023). This was indicated by the president of the consulting firm Inform@cción, Fernando Cillóniz Benavides, who highlighted that this fall was due to the presence of climatic phenomena such as Cyclone Yaku (which affected in March and April 2023) and generated a lot of damage in the regions. from the north coast such as Piura, Lambayeque and La Libertad, main blueberry producing regions in our country. Added to this was the hot winter recorded that affected the flowering of blueberries (and other crops). He highlighted that, despite this drop in volumes shipped, Peru continues to be the world leader in blueberry exports, thanks to the significant growth recorded in previous campaigns. Cilloniz added that given the current normalization of the climate, blueberry production will grow ...