Peru in the world's top 10 capsicum exporters

In 2023, Peru ranked tenth as a global exporter of capsicum. However, due to the high quality of its product, the country has enormous potential to continue growing and improve its market share, said the president of the Capsicum Committee of the Association of Exporters (ADEX), Walter Seras Pacheco. At the 1st Capsicum Business Meeting, organized by the business association, he explained that the country ships these products in canned, dried, paste, fresh and frozen form. “We are in tenth place, although we barely represent 3% of global shipments. The challenge is to take advantage of our potential and double this percentage in the coming years,” he said. In this sense, he recommended putting emphasis on some destinations already won such as the US – the most important –, Mexico – the main market for dried products – and other emerging ones such as Guatemala, whose orders grew 26% last year. He also highlighted Asian nations, especially China, which thanks to the megaport of ...