Peruvian Hass avocado exporters have just had more than one billion potential customers opened up to them, following the signing of phytosanitary export protocols with China. The document was signed during a meeting between delegations from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ) and Peru’s National...Read More

Peruvian avocado shipments to the U.S. could double in 2014. Peruvian grower-shippers shipped about 50 million pounds of fruit to the U.S. in 2013, and the industry has a goal of 100 million pounds this year, said Emiliano Escobedo, executive director of the Irvine, Calif.-based Hass Avocado Board. That’s similar to numbers Doug Meyer, treasurer...Read More

09:08. Lima, Apr. 27. Peru is close to becoming the first grape supplier to the Chinese markets, the Peruvian Chinese Chamber of Commerce announced. The projection was based on information regarding shipments made throughout 2014. According to the Capechi Business Research Unit, Miguel Galvez, last year exports totaled US$175.4 million (8.6 million boxes). “Growth has...Read More

The Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva, stated that non-traditional agricultural exports increased by 5.1% in January 2015. Since July 2013, they have had 19 months of consecutive expansion. Silva said that the fresh grapes were among the most dynamic products of the non-traditional agricultural sector, as they had amounted to $119 million...Read More

Peru’s blueberry businesses are moving forward. Last year, exports reached $28 million dollars, i.e. 60% more than in 2013. The increase was even greater in terms of volume, as it went from 1,800 tons in 2013 to 3,400 tons in 2014. In this regard, the general manager of Terra Business, Federico Beltran Molina said this...Read More

By Hillary Ojeda Peruvian crops including quinoa rapidly grew in surface area and production last year. Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) announced quinoa, grapes, avocado, and cacao crops in Peru grew considerably in surface area last year, according to Gestion. The best performing crops were the olive and quinoa, concluding with increases of 163%...Read More

The Peruvian state port authority Enapu is to invest $549 million upgrading five ports in the country as it seeks to reduce export bottlenecks. The five ports to be upgraded are the ports of Ilo, San Juan de Marcona, Salaverry on the pacific coast and Pucallpa and Iquitos on the Amazon river. Work is expected...Read More

By Claudia Carpenter Peru will surpass Bolivia as the largest exporter of quinoa this year with shipments set to rise 25 percent, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service said. Peru’s exports will climb to 40,000 metric tons of the grain valued at $180 million from 32,000 tons last year and exceed Bolivia for...Read More

Olmos: Inside northern Peru’s gigantic precedent for large-scale irrigation You would think it might rain from the gray morning skies in northern Peru but in all likelihood, it won’t. The clouds will give way to a scorching sun that glares down on threadbare pebbly plains of shrubs, the dirt that wafts in the air, the...Read More

Nov. 19 – The initiative will enable the irrigation of 38 thousand hectares of wasteland of the Valle Nuevo and 5,500 hectares of the Valle Viejo Santo Domingo de Olmos, a greater flow of diversified agro-industrial exports, and will generate more than 40 thousand direct jobs and 120 thousand indirect jobs. The President of the...Read More