Peru exported blueberries for US $ 1 billion and was the world's leading exporter for the second time
Fresh Blueberry
Peru
Published Jun 18, 2021
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In the last six seasons, Peru has had quite aggressive growth in the export of blueberries, which has made it for the second consecutive season the main exporter of fresh blueberries in the world with a total of 162,459 tons exported in the 2020-2021 period for the amount of US $ 1,000 million. “This achievement was achieved for the first time in the 19-20 season with 120,101 tons and now, in the 20-21 season we are consolidating.
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In the last six years, Peru has grown 13 times in blueberry exports, ”said ProArandanos manager Luis Miguel Vegas at a recent conference organized by SENASA to analyze the export projections for these berries. For the 2021-2022 campaign, it is expected to exceed the barrier of 200 thousand exported tons of fresh blueberries. Initial projections indicated 211,371,060 kg, which would represent an increase of 30% in relation to the volume exported in the recent campaign. Vegas said 7% of the projected volume is expected to be organic. Likewise, it is expected to exceed the 5,000-ton export fence from week 33 to week 50, with week 41 as the peak, with more than 12,000 tons exported in that week. During the 2021 campaign, he said, 99% of the exported volume was shipped by sea. Approximately 1,500 tons were exported by air, a volume lower than that registered in the previous season in which 2,292 tons were shipped by this route, representing about 2% of the total volume shipped in that ...
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