Peruvian peach exports have increased during the month of April 2014.
Peru's Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) said that the country had exported 141.6 tons valued at $70,420 dollars (51,000 euro) and that Ecuador was their main target market.
Shipments of this fruit in April have increased 48.27% from the end of last year.
In 2013, exports amounted to 95.5 tons worth $52,733 dollars (38,000 euro). In 2009, the FBO value of this kind of shipments amounted to $5,411 dollars (4,000 euro) and the volume traded was of 12 tons.
Peach imports, acquired primarily in processed form (pulp, nectar) rose from 11.8 million in 2009 to 31.7 million in 2013.
In 2013, domestic production amounted to 50,250 tons harvested in 5,287 hectares, located primarily in Lima, which concentrates 77% of domestic production, Ancash, Ayacucho and Huánuco, which together account for 82% of the total production.
In order to promote the production and export of peach to major international markets, Minagri installed the Peach Chain's National Technical Committee, as a space for the members of the supply chain to dialogue.
The body shall be part of the ministry's Directorate General of Agricultural Competitiveness and will seek to implement plans and projects based on sector's and regional governments' competencies.
The members of the Committee, just as the economic actors, public and private academic institutions, will also promote the chain's competitiveness, crop productivity, and the improvement of the final product's quality and safety based on the requirements of the domestic and international markets.
The Committee will also include representatives of international cooperation, the regional governments of the producing areas, the Minagri dependencies associated with that activity, such as the INIA, the SENASA, and Agroideas, among others.
Cultivation depends on smallholder in the highlands, mainly in the regions of Lima, Ancash, Huanuco and Ayacucho.
Source: Noticiasbancarias.com