The table grape is the third most important fruit in Peruvian agriculture thanks to its high productions and shipments abroad.

With the arrival of the new year, ADEX, the Association of Exporters of Peru, I can make new tabulations, informing that until October 2020 shipments of Peruvian table grapes reached 80 million 152 thousand dollars, growing by 10, 96% in comparison to the 2019 campaign.

If only the values ​​obtained between January and October 2020 are considered, the interannual increase was 23%, achieving profits that amounted to 546 million 158 thousand dollars.

Peruvian table grape shipments by zones

Ica not only continues to be the most producing region of table grapes in Peru, it is also the most exporting region, leading with 17.9% of total shipments and obtaining 324 million 64 thousand dollars. As a second achievement, it represented 24.8% of all non-traditional shipments.

Piura, achieved shipments of table grapes until October for an amount of 128 million 796 thousand dollars, growing by 16.6% compared to last year. On the other hand, Lambayeque did not enjoy the same luck since its profits decreased by 2.4%, achieving only 24 million 77 thousand dollars.

But the region most affected of all was La Libertad, which until October 2020 had a 16.3% drop, which caused it to only get 17 million 51 thousand dollars.

One of the solutions proposed by ADEX is to obtain new markets to promote the internationalization of Peruvian table grapes. However, the agrarian demonstrations have posed a greater danger since each day of unemployment prevented the exit of 200 agricultural containers that represent about 10 million dollars per day.

Markets

From January to October 2020, there were 48 markets that bet on Peruvian table grapes. The United States continues to be the country with the highest demand with 44.34% of shipments. In second place is the Netherlands with 12.51% of shipments; other important markets were Hong Kong, Mexico and China.