A 10% increase in Peruvian avocado exports for the 2021 season are estimated compared to last year.
The Peruvian avocado shipping season is from May through August.
A new report recently released by the USDA forecasts export volume will reach 450,000 metric tons (MT) in 2021, increasing 10 percent by volume compared to the previous year.
Avocado exports already increased 30 percent in 2020, in comparison to 2019, reaching a record of over 410,000 MT.
Although Peru’s avocado exports to the world increased in 2020, exports to the U.S. fell 22 percent by value and 9% by volume to $179 million and 78,665 MT.
International avocado prices in 2020 fell to US mainly due to oversupply.
This change was mostly driven by better pricing in other markets, however, the U.S. still made up 19 percent of total avocado exports last year.