The achacha and finger lime season begins in the month of March and expectations are very good. In fact, producers expect there will be an up to 20% growth over the previous season. In addition, since this sector's prices tend to be stable, producers expect to achieve good values in their sales and exports.
Prime Tropics exports these tropical fruits to European markets, such as Germany, France, London, and the Netherlands, although it is worth mentioning that they also ship them to Canada. The achacha season begins at the end of March and lasts until August, while the finger lime season, which also starts in March, continues throughout the year.
Prime Tropics also produces mangosteen, sapodilla, and it has a pineapple plantation of the phulae variety, but their main product is rambutans, which are mainly destined for the US market. "Last season we also had a good acceptance in the European market and we expect to send our fruit to Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai this year," Edilson Hernandez said.
"Our main objective is to continue producing high quality fruit and position ourselves very well in the European market with our catalog of exotic fruits. We are also working on the pineapple phulae project, which currently is only grown in the northern part of Thailand. We hope that every day more people can enjoy our exotic fruits," Hernandez said.
First Global Gap certification for an achacha plantation
The company's achacha, finger lime and other fruits already have Global Gap certification. This is the first time that a plantation of achacha is given this certification in the world.
"Prime Tropics is very committed to the environment. Every year we plant trees on our farms and we have a reforestation plan with the communities near our farms," Hernandez stated.
More information:
Edilson Hernandez
Quality Manager
Email: eddy@primetropics.com
Tel. +502 57000052
Andres Quintanal
Owner
rquintanal@primetropics.com
www.primetropics.com