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Peru seeks to position itself as the world’s eighth-biggest exporter of fruits
Peru aims to achieve exports worth 65 billion dollars before the end of the year, surpassing the 64.3 billion dollars achieved in 2023 and setting record exports for the fourth consecutive year. Despite a 0.5% drop in the Peruvian economy last season, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) has an ambitious plan: to…

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,”…

“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…

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…

Photo report: Fresh produce department at Metro supermarket, Lima
In the heart of Miraflores, we visited a Metro supermarket. It was a large store with 2 floors. All the fresh produce was located on the 2nd floor. What stood out was the price difference between imported and local products. Click here to open the photo report Full article in FreshPlazaFreshPlaza Special on Peru (May…

Peru consolidates its position as the world’s leading blueberry exporter
Peru is consolidating its position as the world’s leading blueberry exporter with record sales to the world’s main markets of more than $ 2.27 billion in 2024, in a season that will continue until April this year, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). Peru ended last year with an extraordinary production…