Peru: Watermelon shipments fall -37.2% in volume and -63.6% in value between January and September 2023

(Agraria.pe) Peruvian watermelon exports totaled 5,310 tons for US$ 648,000 between January and September of this year, showing a drop of -37.2% in volume and -63.6% in value compared to what was achieved in the same period of 2022. The main buyer of watermelon from Peru in the first nine months of 2023 is Chile, which acquired 4,567 tons for US$ 462,000, which meant an increase of +82% in volume and +56% in value than what was registered between January and September last year. Behind was Ecuador, which imported 743 tons for US$186,000, noting a -88% drop in both volume and value. The main causes of the drop in watermelon exports would be due to political and logistical complications suffered in the national territory at the end of 2022 and at the beginning of 2023, such as road blockades, strikes, among others. Watermelon has a wide variety of nutritional properties that has the potential to captivate more international markets and not only the Chilean and Ecuadorian markets. A ...