Key products shipped through the port were blueberries, grapes, avocados and mangoes
Fresh fruit made up four of the five agricultural products shipped from the Port of Chancay in its first few weeks in operation.
Analysis from Fresh Fruit Peru shows that the newly inaugurated megaport shipped 22,884 tonnes of agricultural products between weeks 47 and 50. Palm oil accounted for the bulk of this (85.1 per cent), followed by blueberries (12.3 per cent), avocados (1.4 per cent), table grapes (0.6 per cent) and mangoes (0.5 per cent).
Hortifrut, Agrovision and Danper Trujillo were amongst the companies that exported consignments of blueberries through the port, the main destinations being China and Hong Kong.
Urbela Perú, M&H Foods and Profrutos Perú were the main avocado exporting companies, while in grapes Agrícola Riachuelo, Agrícola Don Ricardo and Ecosac were the top three exporters.
