Peru's Blueberry Production Expected to Reach New Heights, Prices Relatively Stable

Published Jun 16, 2025

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Key Insight: Peru's blueberry export value has explosively grown from $26 million ten years ago to $2 billion in the 2023/24 crop season, with expectations to exceed $2.3 billion in the 2024/25 crop season. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) "Peru Blueberry Annual Report" indicates that blueberry production in Peru will reach a record 355,000 tons in the 2025/26 crop season (May 2025 to April 2026), with export volumes estimated at 335,000 tons. Compared to the previous crop season, Peru's blueberry industry is set to achieve significant recovery. With normal weather conditions, leveraging advantages in large-scale cultivation, growth in foreign direct investment, and the promotion of resilient varieties, production is expected to further increase.

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Production Set to Reach Historic High In the 2025/26 crop season, Peru's blueberry production is expected to reach 355,000 tons, a 4% year-on-year increase. Over the past decade, Peru's blueberry planting area has surged from 80 hectares in 2012 to the current 20,500 hectares, with an average annual growth of 65%, establishing a leading modern coastal agricultural system. USDA statistics show that the harvested area for Peruvian blueberries was 17,500 hectares in the 2022/23 season, increasing to 20,500 hectares in the 2024/25 season, and expected to further grow to 22,000 hectares in 2025/26. Affected by unfavorable weather conditions, blueberry production in the 2023/24 season sharply declined to 262,000 tons, with production rebounding to 340,000 tons in the 2024/25 season, a 30% increase from the previous season. Variety Structure Iteration Current mainstream export varieties include Ventura (26%), Biloxi (16%), Sekoya Pop (14%), Rocio (7%), and others (36%). In 2016, Biloxi ...

Source: Foodmate