The entry of new small producers would be a key factor in the success of the current Peruvian avocado campaign

(Agraria.pe) Up to week 33 of the current Peruvian avocado campaign, the exported volume (estimated at 471,934 tons) would have fallen by 10% compared to the previous campaign. “This reduction was reflected in the months of May and June, which are the months where the fruit is most concentrated and 10% less helped to achieve better prices in those months, with approximately 30% more than last season,” explained Elizabeth Miranda, commercial manager of Agrobusiness International Peru. The analyst believes that for this campaign there was more fruit from the mountains and new fields that recently entered production, because climate change did affect many large producers, especially in the North. But this fall would have been camouflaged by the entry of new small producers not mapped in production. She then pointed out that, so far this season, the European market continues to be our main destination with 56% of fruit sent to the Netherlands and Spain; 14% to the United States, 8% ...