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Following nearly exponential growth in the last decade, Peru's blueberry export volume fell in 2023 as a result of warmer weather conditions, especially in the principal production areas of northern Peru, which severely limited flowering between March and October.

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.