Peru’s exotic fruit ripe for export growth

Lúcamas offer growing appeal

Peru’s exotic fruit exports look set to grow by 15 to 20% despite Europe’s economic recession, website Agraria.pe reported.

Food trade exporters argue lúcuma (also known as egg fruit), cherimoya, pomegranate and passion fruit offer market growth opportunities.

Kölla Hamburg executive Eduardo Talavera, said fresh fruit consumption in Europe was growing and in Germany supermarkets had experienced between 7% and 14% growth in fruit trade last year.

“It is time to take advantage of the consolidation of existing markets and identify new niches for fruit products,” he was quoted as saying.

His company’s research showed demand for mangoes, lúcuma, cherimoya, pomegranates and passion fruit would increase.

Also, increasingly affluent retiress looking for innovative, high quality produc such as peeled asparagus and pomegranates.

Kölla Hamburg is an international German fruit importer sourcing produce from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, South Africa and Uruguay.

Photo: Blogs.deperu.com

Source: www.freshfruitportal.com

Ethiopian Directive Changing Unit of Measurement for Flower Exports Being Tested

The Ethiopian Horticulture Development Agency is testing the draft directive, changing the unit of measurement of exported flowers to weight from stem count, on selected exporters. The testing will be conducted for two weeks as of the 11th of November before the draft directive is passed.

The test aims to identify problem areas in implementing the new directive, explains a letter sent to the seven exporter selected for testing from Desalegn Assefa Director of the Marketing, Research, Study, & Quality Follow-up Directorate.

The test will be conducted alongside the current stem-based measurement to compare the difference between the two systems according to the letter. Companies selected for testing are expected to document the weight and the number of stems of their exports for the testing period.
The companies involved in the test will also be required to employ standard packaging certified by the Ethiopian Conformity Assessment Enterprise responsible for laboratory testing and certification.