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Local Peruvian ginger demand increases while growers wait for better prices in world markets
As the price and demand for ginger has increased in world markets, the local Peruvian population have also increased consumption of this popular food ingredient. According to Leandro Manuel Llacctarimay Figueroa, Sales and Operations Manager of the Peruvian ginger grower and exporter Agroexportaciones Llacta: “The price has been rising for four weeks now, rising by…

First air shipment of organic Peruvian ginger landed in the U.S. yesterday
The supply chain for organic ginger in the U.S. is pretty much empty. As a result, retailers have been eagerly waiting for Peru’s season to get started. “Ginger from Peru is a very desirable product, and the country grows a yellow variety that has a high level of gingerol that most other countries don’t grow,”…

Over the last ten years, banana producers in Peru have been paid satisfactory prices
At the dawn of this century, numerous small-scale banana producers in the Peruvian province of Sullana, often with plantations not exceeding one hectare, struggled to receive the full agreed-upon amount for their produce sales. It was a consequence of a clear lack of integration and organization, necessary to assert their presence in the markets. This…

“The area planted with licensed grape varieties far exceeds that of traditional grapes in Peru”
At the end of the 2022-2023 campaign, the Association of Exporters of Peru (ADEX) announced on TVPerú Noticias that Peru has once again become the world’s leading exporter of table grapes. Shipments reached 526,857 tons, according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The growth of the Peruvian grape…

We have already opened no fewer than 73 markets for our Hass avocados
What started in 1999 as a collaboration between 13 Hass avocado producers in the central coastal area of Peru, with a total area of just 200 hectares, is nowadays an association with 71 associated producers and exporters. In 2023, Peru shipped 558,000 tons of Hass avocados to international markets and ranked as the second-largest Hass…

Spain and the Netherlands, the main destination markets for Peruvian pitahaya
In the first quarter of 2024, Peru exported 138 tons of fresh pitahaya for US$392,391. This is 178% and 287% more volume and value, respectively than the 50 tons and US$101,329 achieved in the same period of the previous year. The average price of pitahaya has also experienced a significant increase, growing by 39%, from…