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Peru leads world in exportation of fresh asparagus
Peru
Wednesday 05 November 2008
Peru will continue to lead the world in the exportation of fresh asparagus throughout 2008, said a press release based on forecasts made by the agro-exporters association known as the Asociación Civil Frío Aéreo.
The association affirmed that the exportation of fresh asparagus shipped by plane would increase at least 10 percent this year, surpassing the 106 million kilograms exported in 2007.
It was reported that these exportations were worth US$235 million in 2007 (FOB).
The continuous growth in the demand for Peru's asparagus was attributed to high standards of production quality and an efficient refrigeration chain that kept these products fresh.
With main destinations being Miami and Los Angeles, 70 percent of the Andean country's fresh asparagus is exported to the United States.
Other countries that receive this product are the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Spain.
To handle this increasing demand, the Asociación Civil Frío Aéreo reported that it has made its plant and warehouses two times as large.
The association affirmed that the exportation of fresh asparagus shipped by plane would increase at least 10 percent this year, surpassing the 106 million kilograms exported in 2007.
It was reported that these exportations were worth US$235 million in 2007 (FOB).
The continuous growth in the demand for Peru's asparagus was attributed to high standards of production quality and an efficient refrigeration chain that kept these products fresh.
With main destinations being Miami and Los Angeles, 70 percent of the Andean country's fresh asparagus is exported to the United States.
Other countries that receive this product are the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Spain.
To handle this increasing demand, the Asociación Civil Frío Aéreo reported that it has made its plant and warehouses two times as large.
