Senasa: Peruvian aguaymanto soon to enter the United States

(Agraria.pe) The Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed between Peru and the United States in April 2006 and which came into force three years later, in 2009, boosted bilateral trade, especially Peruvian agricultural exports to the vast U.S. market. In 2024, Peru exported fresh blueberries to the United States for US$ 1,224 million, fresh grapes for US$ 867 million, fresh asparagus for US$ 275 million, and fresh avocados for US$ 163 million, impressive figures, and there are several agricultural products in talks for entry into the North American market such as aguaymanto, dragon fruit, and turmeric, among others. "Our country has a lot of potential because we are helped by the microclimates we have along the coast, highlands, and jungle; so we are a country that can produce much more to supply the United States and the whole world," declared the national head of the National Service of Agrarian Health of Peru (Senasa), Vilma Gutarra García. She also mentioned that the Andean region, ...