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

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

Dec 09 – Hong Kong has replaced the US as the leading destination for Peruvian table grape exports in 2014. The value of Peruvian table grape exports to Hong Kong reached US$67.8m between January and November, with China the second largest destination at US$64.8m. The Netherlands received US$45.3m worth of Perivan table grapes, while the...Read More

3:05. Lima, Sep. 11. Peruvian blueberry exports amounted to US$5.6 million in the period between January and July 2014 , up 408% compared with the same period in 2013, the Association of Exporters (ADEX) reported on Wednesday. According to Giannina Denegri, ADEX’s agro director, the demand for this fruit will continue to increase as there...Read More

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