September 17, 2014 By Agnes Rivera Peru´s non-traditional agricultural exports grew in first half of 2014. Money seems to be growing from all sorts of agricultural goods, especially the non-traditional exports. Reported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MINAGRI) non-traditional agricultural exports raked in an astounding US$ 2.379 million dollars in the first seven...Read More

Lima, May 25. Peruvian quinoa exports totaled US$ 31.7 million during the first quarter of 2013, an increase of 237% compared to the same period last year, the Association of Exporters (ADEX) reported on Saturday. According to ADEX, the United States was the largest importer during the reported period, accounting for 56 percent of Peru’s...Read More

Lima, Feb. 09. Agricultural exports from Peru totaled US$4.42 billion in 2013, an increase of 0.8 percent compared to a year earlier, Peruvian Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri) has reported. According to the report carried out by this sector, the star products in 2013 were fresh grapes, asparagus, fresh avocados, quinoa, clementines, undernatured ethyl alcohol,...Read More

Peru’s blueberry industry is very young compared to the likes of Chile or Argentina, but the fruit has been gaining ground in the Andean country were crops like asparagus, grapes, avocado and citrus have achieved renown. At the International Blueberry Organization (IBO) Summit in Santiago de Chile last week, two speakers from this emerging sector...Read More

GESTION – 6, DEC 2013 .- The growth of the available supply and the conditions for berries cultivation in Peru have stimulated the appetite of Chilean and Argentine businessmen to establish businesses related to trade and production of these fruits in the country. The representative of Sociedad Agricola Santa Ines, Carlos Vial, said that the...Read More

GESTION – 18, NOV 2013. – The retail chain considers that Peruvian market has a potential to increase its exports of tangelo, sweet onion, avocado and blueberry. The company is about to close deals with Peruvian local firms to stop using intermediaries. Last year the bought 185 mill boxes (1 mill from Peru). They are...Read More

THE NATIONAL – 10, NOV 2013. – The rise of the grain has been long in coming. Its homelands in Peru and Bolivia still account for about 90 per cent of global production. There, it is put to all sorts of uses – eaten as a breakfast cereal and as a leafy vegetable. Its flour...Read More