Peru remains among the top ten fruit suppliers in the world
Fruits
Peru
Published Dec 7, 2022
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More than 50% of Peruvian agricultural exports are fruits. Specialists point out that the business drive and the high yield of the land are factors that explain the boom. Blueberries and grapes are the most shipped. So far this year, Peru has exported US$5,000 million in fruit, which represents more than 50% of agricultural exports, as reported by the Directorate of Development and Information Processing of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur).
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"At the beginning of the century, what Peru exported the most were vegetables, asparagus, for example, and about 15 years ago, fruit exports began to grow and grow, and today it is what our country exports the most," explains Walter Puelles. Navarrete, director of the Information Development and Processing Directorate for La República. The official details that with this year's performance, Peru will now be able to be among the top 10 fruit exporters in the world, where the United States, Spain, Mexico, China, Thailand, Chile, Turkey, Vietnam, Italy and South Africa made the list. in 2021. "Last year Peru was in 11th place, we hope that with the growth we have had we are already among the top 10 world fruit exporters," he noted. The blueberry is the fruit that we export the most. Only from January to September of this year we have sent US$772,494,106 in value, while in volume we reached 137,372 tons, compared to figures for 2021, it represents 30% and 45% more, respectively. Fresh ...
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