Peru becomes the main supplier of Hass avocado in Europe

In recent weeks, shipments to the Old Continent exceeded two million boxes, highlighted Fresh Plaza platform

Peru became the main supplier of Hass avocado in Europe, after covering with high quality and massive shipments the high demand that this product has in the Old Continent, as reported by the Peruvian Promotion Commission for Export and Tourism (Promperú) .

Fresh Plaza, one of the online platforms of the fresh produce industry at an international level, highlighted the more than 2 million boxes shipped from that Peruvian flag fruit in week 22 of the year, a volume considered the highest for the European market.

Shipments of Peruvian avocado to Europe, between January and March, totaled $ 64 million, 69% more than what was registered in the same period of 2019, Promperú said. Peru is the third largest avocado exporter in the world. This fruit is among the three main export products of the non-traditional agricultural sector in our country.

The countries that showed the highest demand between January and March of this year were the Netherlands (+60.2%), Spain (+97.8%) and Russia (+250.3%), noted that public entity.

“Despite living through times of pandemic, the population's need to preserve good health has contributed substantially to increasing the demand for avocado in Europe. What's more, people are making their purchases once a week, which has increased the acquisition of this product in meshes for later maturation, ”he noted.

On the other hand, according to Promperú, World Fruit, a fruit marketing and distribution company, has highlighted the effort of Peruvian exporters to guarantee the supply of avocado with high quality standards, and with sizes above their competitors, despite that COVID-19 affected the normal development of exports.

"The pandemic has accelerated the change in habits of international consumers, who are concerned about their health and acquire this superfood, either in person in stores or through e-commerce to consume at home, because the cafes and restaurants belonging to the Horeca segment are closed, ”said that entity.