“The Asian market is important for smaller-sized avocados”

“While last year we ranked second among Peruvian avocado exporters, this year we are on track to leading overseas shipments,” says Omar Díaz Marchena, General Manager of Westfalia Fruit Peru. The achievement of this Peruvian subsidiary of the multinational Westfalia Fruit Group, a company with a 75-year legacy and globally recognized as avocado specialists, is significant, as with 583,214 tons of avocados exported, Peru was the world’s second-largest exporter of this fruit in 2022, only behind Mexico (1,041,786 tons) and far surpassing Spain (149,917 tons), Chile (109,121 tons), Kenya (103,239 tons), Colombia (98,595 tons), and South Africa (62,983 tons), according to data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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