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Despite the flooding and disruption caused by the coastal El Niño in March, Peruvian avocado production in CY 2017 is forecast to increase by 20 percent over CY 2016 due to new plantations....

Peru is forecast to continue being a major asparagus exporter, focused primarily on the U.S. and European markets. Asparagus production is expected to continue growing during 2017.

Blueberries now are Peru’s third most valuable fresh fruit export, an impressive leap from virtually nothing less than five years ago.

Peru’s food processing industry is a dynamic sector of the national economy.

FAS Lima coordinated on October 23 an FDA briefing on Tartrazine for Congressman Freddie Sarmiento and the consumer defense committee.

Peru’s retail food sales in calendar year (CY) 2013 reached $20 billion, $4 billion (or 20 percent) of which were in supermarket sales (up 10 percent compared to 2012).

Peru in 2014 was awarded for the second year in a row the distinction of being named by the World Travel Awards as the best gastronomic destination in the world.