Since the healthy food trend arrived, berries have gained greater notoriety, being a safe bet for countries with growing agriculture. For Peru, biloxi and ventura blueberries are the most cultivated and commercialized varieties.

According to Fernando Cilloniz Benavides, president of Inform @ cción, 159 thousand tons of Peruvian blueberries were shipped from June 2020 until the third week of February 2021, reporting a growth of 34.75% compared to the figures obtained in the same previous period.

Main Destinations

Among the main importing countries are the United States (80 thousand tons), the Netherlands (40 thousand tons), China (9, 200 tons), the United Kingdom (10 thousand tons), Hong Kong (5, 800 tons) and other countries such as Spain, Canada, Thailand, Singapore, Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Malaysia, Russia and the United Arab Emirates to which lower volumes were exported.

Main Agro-exporters

Among the top 5 agroindustries with the most exports we have:

• Camposol (22.941.210 kilos)
• Hortifrut Perú (22.776.368 kilos)
• Agrovisión Perú (11.361.811 kilos)
• Complejo Agroindustrial Beta (10.511.425 kilos)
• Hortifrut TAL SAC (4.485.503 kilos)

Other agro-exporters with a significant volume of shipments are Agrícola Santa Azul, Hass Perú, HFE Berries Perú, Agroberries Perú, Agrícola Cerro Prieto, Blueberries Perú, Danper Trujillo, Visons, etc.

Most cultivated varieties

The biloxi blueberry variety is the most cultivated in Peruvian lands with 5,381 hectares, followed by the Ventura variety with 4,711 hectares, the Rocío variety has 860 hectares, the Emerald variety, 783 hectares; Atlasblue, 244 has; Eureka, 244 has; Scintilla, 221 has; Magic, 168 has; Stella Blue, 142 has; among others.