In 2016, exports of frozen asparagus by the Beta Agroindustrial Complex amounted to 2,800 tons, i.e. 75% more than the 1,600 tons it shipped in 2015.
This was pointed out by its CEO, Lionel Arce Orbegozo, who said that this amount (2,800 tons) accounted for a 35% share of the fresh asparagus market.
He added that the main markets for Beta's frozen asparagus were the United States, Japan, and Europe.
He also said that Beta had exported 20,000 tons in 2016, and that this segment had had very little growth when compared to 2015. The main destinations were the United States and Europe.
"The company's growth in asparagus comes from the frozen product, where there was a strong increase. We have planted new fields of asparagus that have begun to produce and that generated a greater volume," he said.
Beta has 2,800 hectares of asparagus, 2,500 of which are in production and 300 of which were seeded in 2016 and should enter into production this year, he said.
"We continue to plant asparagus. Our goal is to find new production areas, which are increasingly scarce, for what we want to produce," he stated.
Source: agraria.pe