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South American country Peru has become quite ambitious about the blueberry, even claiming it could become the world’s biggest blueberry producer within the next two years. That claim was made by Peruvian Minister of Agriculture Jose Hernandez.
Living in Peru recently had a commentary entitled Peru on Its Way to Becoming Leader in Blueberry Exports (November, 2014). The writer was optimistic about Peru’s blueberry industry, stating that “while Peru continues to successfully export staple-goods like coffee, potatoes, and quinoa, the blueberry market has, in the span of only a couple of years, made an important niche for itself.”
Peruvian blueberry growers are looking to grow as much as 20,000 ton of blueberries in 2016. This seems quite possible since just in the first three months of 2016 alone, Peruvian farmers grew 3,600 tons of blueberries, four times the amount during the same period in 2015. If this trend continues, by the end of the year, Peru could have exported as much as $200 million worth of blueberries.
A critical issue regarding the future of blueberry production is farming land. The good news is that according to Alfonso Velasquez Tuesta, president of Sierra Exportadora, the goal for this year is to have abut 7900 acres of land growing blueberries.. Most of the farming land is found in La Libertad region.
Peru’s avocado exports to China totaled 12,319 tons in 2015. This year, this figure is expected to rise by 84 percent to 22,764 tons, and by 2017 an additional 63 percent would it bring it to 37,075 tons.
Peru is now the 10th largest exporter of fruits in the world, having exported $2.714 million worth of fruits from January to August.
Additional Facts:
-Fruits accounted for 12.4 percent of all Peruvian exports during the same period. Peru also became the largest Latin American exporter of mandarins in the first eight months of 2016 (worth $106.8 million).
The country’s global exports of cranberries reached $41.3 million, up 125.6 percent from last year.
The Trade Bureau concluded by saying: Peru’s exports are expected to rise even further, since the US, Netherlands and Spain account for 53 percent of its non-traditional fruit exports.