Peru is the world's largest exporter of passion fruit

Published 2021년 8월 11일

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In 2020, Peru was the third-largest producer of passion fruit in South America, accounting for 8.45% of the global production with a harvest of 80,219 tons. The majority of this production, nearly 80%, was cultivated in the coastal region, with Lima being the leading region. Peru is the largest exporter of passion fruit, with over 90% of its production being exported mainly to the Netherlands as concentrated juices. Despite facing a 6.68% decrease in exports in 2020 compared to the previous year, global passion fruit imports increased by 4% to €96,067,000, with the Netherlands and the United States being the primary importers. The Peruvian passion fruit season, which lasts from December to May, provides a unique market opportunity as it overlaps less with the production seasons of Brazil, Colombia, and Ecuador.

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Worldwide passion fruit cultivation is estimated at 1 million tons in 2020. South America accounts for an 84.5% share and, after Brazil and Colombia, Peru is the third largest producer of this fruit in the region. According to María Esther Wong, an expert in the Trade Department of Sierra y Selva Exportadora, an institution under the Peruvian Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation, Peru produced 80,219 tons of passion fruit last year, 24.8% more than the 64,275 tons of 2019. The main growing regions are Lima with 35,509 tons (20,237 tons in 2019) and a share of 44.3% of the total. In La Libertad, the yield last year was 16,527 tons (20.6%; 14,344 tons in 2019), in Lambayeque 10,135 tons (12.6%; 12,981 tons in 2019), in Piura 9,136 tons (11.4%; 10,245 tons in 2019), in Áncash 6,032 tons (7.5%; 4,534 tons in 2019) and in Junín 1,526 tons (1.9%; 1,050 tons in 2019). "Almost 80% of the passion fruit production in Peru takes place in the coastal zone, where the average ...

Source: AGF