Mangoes have consolidated as one of Peru's main agricultural products for export, as shown by a recent AgrodataPerú report, which reveals that in the first three months of 2017 Peru exported a total of 111,997,498 kilos of the fruit with an FOB value of US $ 122,753,521. These figures exceed the 93,010,641 kilos exported in the same period of 2016, which were worth US $122,164,924.
According to the same source, the main importer of this Peruvian product is the Netherlands, which received 41% of the total shipments; the United States (31%), the United Kingdom (8%), Spain (6%), Canada (3%), France (2%), Germany (2%); Chile, Sweden and South Korea (1% each) follow, as well as several other smaller destinations, which together account for another 4%.
As for the main exporters, it was revealed that 52% of the shipments were made by several companies with smaller volumes. Also noteworthy are the exports made by Camposol SA (8%), Sunshine Export SAC (8%), Dominus SAC (6%), Frutas de Piura SAC (6%), Agroindustrias Golden Fresh SAC (5%), FLP del Perú SAC (4%), Passion Fresh SAC (3%), Sobifruits SAC (3%) and CC Tropicales SAC (1%).
The average price of mango exports in the first quarter stood at US $ 1.10 per kilo.
Source: agraria.pe
