Category: International

In May 2024, Peru's avocado exports totaled 95,503 tons for $187.2 million, showing a 25 percent drop in volume, but 3 percent growth in value compared to May 2023

The main milestone, without a doubt, is that historical highs were reached in terms of Chile's exported volumes and FOB values ​​of the entire stone category, which includes Japanese plums, European plums (Sugar Plums), nectarines, peaches and apricots.

In the 2023-2024 campaign, Peru exported 62,745,726 boxes of table grapes (8.2 kilos each), showing a drop of 12 percent compared to the 71,404,349 boxes reported in the previous campaign (2022-2023) and 3.5 percent less than the volume shipped in the 2021-2022 campaign, which reached 64,948,093 boxes, according to Agraria, using information from the Association of Table Grape Producers of Peru (Provid).

Guatemala was the largest exporter of melons to the United States in 2023, with a record $280 million

Odepa announced in its news bulletin that from January to April 2024, fruit exports were close to 1.5 million tons (+3.8 percent) only surpassed in 2018, and in terms of value they reached a historical record of $4.441 billion FOB (+7.2 percent), increasing for the fourth consecutive year compared to the same period of the previous year.

At the beginning of June, the drop in volumes of Peruvian avocados that was projected was confirmed, according to François Bellivier, development manager at Capexo

At the end of the first quarter of the year, Peruvian citrus shipments totaled 15,540 tons for $15.7 million, which meant 10 percent more in volume and 5 percent more in value compared to the same period last year

In the first quarter of 2024, Peruvian mango exports reached 65,366 tons with a value of $188,640,000, according to Agraria

Guatemala is awaiting the result of the Pest Risk Analysis process in the production of Hass avocado, which if positive would open a significant door for export to U.S.

Ricardo Uribe, CEO of Cartama anticipates an increase of 16 to 20 percent in shipments this year, potentially reaching a shipping volume of 141,000 tons.