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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,”…

“Europe needs an entity similar to the US National Mango Board to increase consumption levels”
After a season in which Peruvian mango exports fell by nearly 75% due to abnormal weather influenced by El Niño and the passage of Cyclone Yaku, the sector hopes to recover in the upcoming campaign, which will start around week 45 and will last, as usual, until approximately week 13. Frutas de Piura S.A.C., a…

Avocado growing continues to expand in Peru
While the main 2024 Peruvian avocado season has finished, Hass avocado production continues to grow annually on both the coast and in the mountains of Peru. “The growth is not alarming though since the consumer market is also increasing exponentially,” says Gino Neira, co-founder of Inkawald, a family-owned company based in Peru. He adds that…

Peru invites hundreds of fruit importers to its country every year
With 34 million inhabitants, Peru has twice the population of the Netherlands, and in terms of area, the South American country is 31 times larger. On the coast of Peru, a desert area that is three times the size of the Netherlands, the horticultural production did not start to develop substantially until about 25 years…

“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…