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After experiencing large peaks in shipments at the beginning of the year, Peruvian grape exports have cooled but stayed ahead of last year’s pace.

Peru has positioned itself as the fourth largest mango exporter worldwide, according to a presentation by David Flores, CEO and Commercial Director of Fluctuante.

From January to April 2023, 1.482 million tons of Chilean fruit exports were registered for a value of $3.752 billion FOB, which represents a decrease in volume of 2.5 percent and an increase in value of 4 percent versus the same period in 2022.

In the 2022-23 campaign, Peruvian fresh onion exports reached 151,000 tons, showing an increase of 23 percent (30,000 tons more) compared to the previous campaign.

This growth follows what the industry has experienced in recent years: while between 2015 and 2018 the volume did not exceed the threshold of 100,000 tons in the year, in 2019, prior to the pandemic, shipments rose to around 125,000 tons and this year is close to 290,000.

From the beginning of the 2022-23 campaign until the end of week 15 of this year (April 9), Peru exported 249,314 tons of fresh mangoes, registering a growth of 7.3 percent compared to the 232,275 tons shipped in the same period of the previous campaign.

In the first two months of 2023, Peruvian exports by air reached 14,502 tons, reflecting a contraction of 2.1 percent compared to the volume shipped in the same period of the previous year, according to ComexPerú.

Peru saw continued growth in the 2022-23 season, but that may not be the case next season.

The fresh Chilean cherry industry closed the 2022-2023 season with 415,315 tons exported, reflecting a growth of 16.5 percent compared to the previous season.

In 2022, Peru was the world’s leading exporter of blueberries with $1.36 billion in value, surpassing the U.S., Spain, Canada, the Netherlands, and Morocco, according to the Research Center for Global Economy and Business of the Association of Exporters (CIEN-ADEX).