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Tomorrow will be exported the first batch of 40 tons of Hass avocados to the U.S.

opens a market of 310 million consumers for that product

export Hass avocados. Photo: ANDINA / Archive

Lima, July. 22 (ANDINA). Tomorrow will be the first export Peruvian Hass avocados to the United States, which corresponds to a batch of 40 metric tons (MT), after that in January this year was obtained proper authorization from the health authority that country, today announced the Agriculture Minister, Adolfo de Cordova.
said the Ministry of Agriculture (Minag) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Department of Agriculture (USDA), led to legal proceedings and facilitate plant protection, from the date the Peruvian avocado access to a market of 310 million consumers.
said the first batch of avocado belongs to company Camposol, with avocado crops in Trujillo (La Libertad), that after fulfilling the requirements given permission to send to America the first 40 tons (in two containers of 20 MT each a), which will be the beginning of the first shipments will continue in the coming weeks.
"Today is a historic day, the Government and Minag have complied with the policy of opening new markets for agricultural products that benefit all avocado growers (small and medium), who will improve their incomes with access to a market of over 310 million consumers. "
U.S. market is the Hass avocado world's largest, because only in 2008 were sold over 500 thousand metric tons of this avocado. This authorization
access the avocado was obtained on 13 July, when APHIS received the Work Plan of the National Service of Agrarian Health (SENASA), signed and approved, which includes procedures for monitoring and action plan for Stenoma catenifer, in accordance with the standard published by the United States.
Peru only last year exported more than 37.800 tons of Hass avocados to other markets and the projection of the sector in 2010 is set to 50,000 MT a year later, exporting about 60,000 MT.
"Undoubtedly, the entry of Hass avocados Peruvian U.S. market will strengthen significantly the volume of Peruvian exports, and by the end of the year would exceed U.S. $ 3.000 billion in agricultural exports," said the minister.
Hass Avocado has a captive market in the world, as credited $ 53 million of exports recorded last year, 68 million reported in 2008 and 44 million in 2007.
2012, exports are projected Peruvian Hass avocado over 120 million dollars.
producing regions Hass avocados in the country, with a total of 7.000 hectares of crops are: Cajamarca, La Libertad, Ancash, Junín, Lima, Cusco, Arequipa, Ica, Moquegua and Tacna, whose fields areas have become agro-export thanks to the efforts of entrepreneurs and agricultural producers who have been benefiting 15,000 families.
De Cordova also said that meetings are held with U.S. officials to finalize the next export to this market, peppers, fresh peppers, papayas, custard apples, pears, among other Peruvian products.
Peru and exported to the U.S. products such as asparagus, artichokes, mangoes, grapes, onions and paprika.
United States takes 60 to 75 percent of Hass avocados that are exported around the world, and we followed by Japan and Canada in second and third place respectively, the overall import between 18 and 20 percent of the total.