Peruvian fruit exporters are increasingly focusing their attention on China, often at the expense of Europe
Sun Fruits Exports S.A. produces avocados, table grapes and citrus fruits in the Ica department of Peru. It also arranges the export of its products from the field to the most demanding international markets, with an increasing focus on the Chinese market and on crops with a higher profitability and commercial stability, namely table grapes and mandarins.
Sun Fruits was founded in 2008 through the business partnership of two table grape producing families, the Camino and Nicolini families, neither of which had a packing warehouse. Thus, they had to deliver their productions to another company for packing, although only at times when the packaging company’s lines were not taken with the grapes from their own lands. To become independent and to improve the quality of their products, the two families decided to build a warehouse together, both for the packing of their own productions and to be able to provide services to other agricultural companies in the region.
Striving to provide permanent employment
After four years of working exclusively with table grapes, Sun Fruits ventured also into the cultivation of winter fruits, particularly avocados and citrus fruits. “With the aim of providing permanent employment opportunities to our warehouse workers, we started to cultivate avocados, mandarins, grapefruits, tangelos and even onions, in addition to table grapes,” says Manuel Augusto Olaechea, Agricultural Operations Manager of this Ica-based company. We offer multiple services to other agricultural companies, not only packaging, but also cold storage and even the marketing of fruits and vegetables.
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