LIMA: Peruvian Minister of Agriculture Juan Manuel Benites said the shipment of Peruvian capsicums and citrus to the United States will generate an additional US$90 million in annual exports, which added to other products exports to that market will result in an additional US$500 million in sales on average.
“Our forecast assumes the country will receive an extra US$90 million per year for these two products; also, we already have the regulation necessary to undertake the last step before completely opening the market to figs and pomegranates,” he said in a press conference.
Remarks were made within the framework of the approval procedure of the protocol of phytosanitary requirements which authorizes the entry of both products into the United States.
The government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is fine-tuning the final details of the process to stop asparagus spraying activities, which would slow down exports a little bit due to U.S regulations.
Benites went on to add that another process underway involves the implementation of new shipping methods for blueberries, a fruit that generates US$40 million in exports.
“Exports might rise three-fold, since new shipping methods will be implemented through the initiative. Nowadays, blueberries are delivered by airplane and fumigated in the United States; but now the previous process would be done here in Peru, which would allow us to send them in larger quantities through ships, resulting in greater exports,” he explained.
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