Peruvian citrus at its most difficult hour

Published 2022년 7월 20일

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Peruvian citrus exports are projected to decrease by 15% in 2022, according to Sergio del Castillo Valderrama, the general manager of the Association of Citrus Producers of Peru (ProCitrus. The decline is due to a 12% drop in citrus dispatched by July 8, compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease affects oranges, tangelos, grapefruits, and tangerines, but lemon exports have grown. The southern hemisphere has seen an 8% drop in citrus exports due to low fruit prices and reduced demand. The increase in freight, labor, agricultural input costs, and gasoline prices is making citrus cultivation unprofitable, particularly for early varieties.

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(Agraria.pe) After 15 years of continuous growth (little or much), Peruvian citrus exports will contract in 2022, said the general manager of the Association of Citrus Producers of Peru (ProCitrus), Sergio del Castillo Valderrama . He pointed out that as of July 8 of this year, our country exported 120 thousand tons of citrus (tangerine, orange, tangelo, grapefruit, lemon), which represents a 12% drop compared to what was achieved in the same period of the 2021 campaign. Likewise, he said that, if this trend continues, it is possible that, at the end of this campaign, the drop will reach 15% in volume (dispatches would reach 240 thousand tons). “The forecasts are coming true. We already have a real drop of 12% in the volume of citrus exported and apparently it is increasing because in the late campaign -which began a few weeks ago- we do not see a recovery that can compensate for what was lost in the first part of the campaign" , held. He pointed out that, if analyzed ...

Source: Agraria