Peru’s avocado exports up 24.5pc

XINHUA, LIMA: Fresh avocados worth 386.6 million U.S. dollars led non-traditional Peruvian agricultural exports in the first eight months, up 24.5 per cent year-on-year, Peru’s foreign trade bureau ComexPeru said on Saturday.
This rise in exports is linked to a higher demand for avocados around the world, which has caused prices to rise from 1.55 U.S. dollars a kg in January to 2.1 US dollars in August.
Avocado exports received a boost in May 2015, when Peru was granted access to the Chinese market.
According to official reports, Peru exported 12,319 tons of avocados to China in 2015. The figure is expected to rise by 84 per cent to 22,764 tons in 2016 and by a further 63 per cent to 37,075 tons in 2017.
In its weekly report, ComexPeru said Peru is now the 10th largest exporter of fruits in the world, having exported 2.714 million U.S. dollars worth of fruits from January to August, a year-on-year increase of 3.4 per cent. Fruits also accounted for 12.4 per cent of all Peruvian exports during 
the period.
In the first eight months of 2016, Peru also became the largest Latin American exporter of mandarins, whose exports in the period totalled 106.8 million U.S. dollars. 
The country’s global exports of cranberries reached 41.3 million U.S. dollars, up 125.6 per cent.

Perus avocado exports up 24.5pc

XINHUA, LIMA: Fresh avocados worth 386.6 million U.S. dollars led non-traditional Peruvian agricultural exports in the first eight months, up 24.5 per cent year-on-year, Perus foreign trade bureau ComexPeru said on Saturday. This rise in exports is linked to a higher demand for avocados around the world, which has caused prices to rise from 1.55 U.S. dollars a kg in January to 2.1 US dollarsin August. Avocado exports received a boost in May 2015, when Peru was granted access to the Chinese market. According to official reports, Peru exported 12,319 tons of avocados to China in 2015. The figure is expected to rise by 84 per cent to 22,764 tons in 2016 and by a further 63 per cent to 37,075 tons in 2017. In its weekly report, ComexPeru said Peru is now the 10th largest exporter of fruits in the world, having exported 2.714 million U.S. dollars worth of fruitsfrom January to August, a year-on-year increase of 3.4 per cent. Fruits also accounted for 12.4 per cent of all Peruvian exports during the period. In the first eight months of 2016, Peru also became the largest Latin American exporter of mandarins, whose exports in the period totalled 106.8 million U.S. dollars. The countrys globalexports of cranberries reached 41.3 million U.S. dollars, up 125.6 per cent.