Peru is loading thousands of containers of produce after the clearing of roadblocks that caused an estimated $150 million in crop shipment losses. Fortunately, the last of the blockades, in the southern region Arequipa, have now been dispersed, allowing a full resumption of harvesting, packing and transport, said Gabriel Amaro, head of Peru’s agricultural producers association AGAP.
Peru is the world’s biggest blueberry exporter and was set to become the biggest global table-grape exporter this season. Peru’s fruit supplies are especially critical to the US, where drought and storms have decimated crops, sending prices soaring.
Amaro: “The agri-export companies are once again operating and making shipments that were delayed by the blockades. Calm has returned and they are shipping thousands of containers and returning to harvest work since we are in season for several leading products.”
Source: bnnbloomberg.ca