From January to November 2024, Peruvian fresh blueberry exports broke a new record.
For the first time, an agricultural product managed to surpass the $2 billion barrier in exports, according to Agraria, after totaling $2.1 billion in the first eleven months of this year, far exceeding the $1.72 billion reached during the whole of 2023, thus marking the return to the normal trend in the production of this fruit after the climatic problems of the previous year.
This year, with stabilized production, the higher prices recorded after the 2023 shortage showed a downward trend, reaching levels closer to 2022.
In November 2024 alone, Peruvian fresh blueberry exports totaled 80,311 tons for $387 million, reflecting an increase of 106 percent in volume and 18 percent in value compared to what was reported in the same month of the previous year, although with a 43 percent drop in the average price, which stood at $4.82 per kilogram.
The Peruvian product reached 31 countries in November, of which the U.S. continued to be the main one, with 41,269 tons exported for $190 million. This represented 49 percent of the monthly total with a 75 percent increase in volume, but a 10 percent drop in value compared to November 2023, when shipments reached $210 million.
The average price suffered a decrease of 48 percent, going from $8.92 in 2023 to $4.61 this year.
Among the main exporters to this market were Camposol S.A., with a 12 percent share, and Agrovisión Perú S.A.C., with 11 percent. In 2023, the leaders were Agrícola Cerro Prieto S.A. (13 percent) and Hortifrut – Perú S.A.C. (12 percent).
As for shipments, these were mostly sent by sea, where 41 percent of what was exported in November was through Euroandino Port Terminals, followed by DP World (28 percent), APM Terminals (25 percent) and the General San Martín Paracas Port Terminal (5 percent).
The remaining 1 percent was sent through Jorge Chávez International Airport.
