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.
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FreshPlaza Special on Peru (May 2024)
20 years ago, Peruvian agro-exports mainly consisted of coffee beans, cocoa beans and asparagus and were worth around $1 billion; last year, however, the agricultural export sector managed to surpass the $10 billion threshold after diversifying its range with fruits like avocados, mandarins, table grapes, mangoes and blueberries, according to Edgar Manuel Vásquez Vela, director…
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…
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…
Peru’s agricultural exports have reached US$10.545 billion by the end of 2023, with projections to surpass US$11.500 billion by the end of 2024, as reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). Despite challenges, the collaborative efforts of producers, exporters, and the state have enabled a 2.9% increase in exports over the previous…
The pea season from Peru kicked off last week. Colder weather slowed down the start by about two weeks and volumes will still be relatively low for the next couple days. As a result of low volumes, this week’s product is flown into Europe, the main destination for Peruvian peas. “However, with supply ramping up,…
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…