Peruvian exports via air reached 91,881 tons, amounting to an increase of 4.3 percent compared to volume in the same period a year ago, according to Agraria, using data from Comex Peru.
Ag products leading Peruvian exports via air were: fresh or refrigerated asparagus, fresh mangoes, and fresh blueberries, which together amounted to 62.4 percent of the total volume.
The International Trade Guild noted air shipments of fresh or refrigerated asparagus in 2024 amounted to 33,227 tons, reflecting a reduction of 6.6 percent; fresh mangos added 14,786 tons, showing a declinr of 10 percent; while fresh blueberry exports amounted to 9,322 tons, increasing by 28.4 percent.
During the month of December 2024, Peruvian shipments via air amounted to 9,546 tons, registering an increase of 11.4 percent compared to what was dispatched in the same month of the previous year.
Fresh or refrigerated asparagus and fresh mangoes were the most dispatched products on this route during that month, concentrating 71 percent of the total volume. From the first product, 4,021 tons were sent (+3.4 percent), of the second were 2,757 tons (+38.1 percent).