Peru is the country invited of honour of Fruit Logistica 2013

Peru is the country invited of honour of Fruit Logistica 2013 that celebrates of the 6 to 8 February 2013 in Berlin. Christian Göke, executive director of Messe Berlin manifested: “I gladden Me that Peru do a special presentation of the enormous variety of his appreciated fruit and vegetables, increasingly estimated all over the world. Fruit Logistica Is for Peru the suitable space to increase the export of his cool products, since here they give appointment all the sectors of the trade hortofrutícola world-wide”.

According to statistical data facilitated by PromPerú, the Commission of Promotion of the Peru for the Export and the Tourism, this country of Sudamérica exported the past year 842 million tonnes of fruit and vegetables cool by a value of 1.100 million dollars. The main products of export were cool grapes, espárragos, avocado, handles, bananas and citrus fruit. The commercial partners more important are United States (36%), Holland (24%), Great Britain, Spain and Hong Kong.

The increasing importance of Peru like international provider of fruit and vegetables cool remains showed with the following positions that occupies the country: Peru is the exporting elder of the world of espárragos, and occupies the second place in the export of avocados and the third in the export of bananas organic. It expects a big available potential in the export of pomegranates, cranberries, figs and cherimoyas.

The first participation of Peru with a stand official in Fruit Logistica dates of 2003, and since has not left to increase of notorious way, year after year, the surface of exhibition and the number of display units. With his participation like invited of honour of Fruit Logistica, Peru has traced like aims develop new markets in Asia and Oriental Europe, intensify the promotion of his fruit, especially avocado and citrus fruit, in Europe and United States, as well as consolidate in the markets with which already has commercial treaties.