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…
ZGroup, a large provider in the cold chain and logistics industry in Peru and the US, recently achieved a milestone by installing a cutting-edge fresh produce distribution center for Cencosud, one of the largest retail companies in the Americas. “Comprising 80 modular containers, including cold rooms, loading docks, and power pack, this project represents the…
AGAP, the Association of Agricultural Producer Guilds of Peru, was founded in 2003 by Peru’s private agricultural sector. The idea was to bring together producing, processing, marketing and exporting companies in order to address industry-wide issues in an institutional manner. Since then, in just over 20 years, the organization has managed to support the agricultural…
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,”…
Hass avocados from Peru will be prime for selling to U.S. consumers in time for the 2024 backyard barbecue season. Customers of Index Fresh, a global avocado marketing and distribution company, will have the availability of the premium Peruvian harvest throughout the summer with fixed pricing on fruit secured now as part of prebooked, season-long…
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…