A new record campaign forecast for the Peruvian avocado in 2022
- Published on 17/01/2022 - Published by FRUITROP
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Peruvian avocado
2021 was a big year in terms of volumes for Peruvian avocado professionals. They not only registered their biggest ever season, with exports of more than 555 000 t across all varieties according to Customs, but also their biggest rise, with shipments up by nearly 150 000 t from the previous season (+ 36 %!). This exceptional performance can be explained by the steep growth in shipments to the EU27+UK (312 000 t, i.e. + 65 000 t), Chile (72 000 t, i.e. + 36 000 t, taking advantage of the cyclical fall in local production), Asia (55 000 t, i.e. + 25 000 t) and to a lesser degree North America (102 000 t, i.e. + 20 000 t). Year in year out, the records keep on coming! Prohass has announced another big increase this year, with the export potential up by 15% to 20% from 2021. This is nothing astonishing, with large areas of young orchards continuing to enter production or enter their prime (3 000 ha/year planted on average between 2017 and 2020). And this trend is not about to stop, since according to Prohass, an additional 5 000 ha were set up in 2021.
Sources: Peruvian Customs, Prohass
