Peru has great potential to export Hass avocado oil

Peru has significant potential for the export of Hass avocado oil, a product with high demand in the international market and very profitable, according to Sergio Rodríguez, executive director of the Technological Institute of Production (ITP), CITE network. "It is a product that has a very high price in the market and we are trying to carry it forward so that companies in the sector can be encouraged by this alternative. The CITE of Huaura and Moquegua are the first to have equipment for the production of these oils, ”he told gestion.pe. In addition, the CITE Agroindustriales are testing the production of aguaje and camu camu oils. Along with Hass avocado, they are in demand abroad, especially for cosmetics and well-being. For example, avocado oil is used to prevent wrinkles, reduce stretch marks, improve the appearance of hair, among others. Until now, the elaboration of Hass avocado oil has been difficult because, on the one hand, many of the farmers or agro-industrialists ...