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1 week ago | 
bluebookservices.com | Greg Johnson |Marco Antonio Campos
In 2024 alone, Colombia exported 628,235 kilograms of blueberries, generating more than $3.3 million, according to Agraria. The Colombian blueberry industry is experiencing unprecedented expansion. With 650 hectares currently under cultivation, the country is projected to reach between 3,000 and 5,000 hectares by 2026. This represents an increase of 669 percent, according to projections from the Rural Agricultural Planning Unit (UPRA).
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2 weeks ago | 
bluebookservices.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
Mango production in Peru reached 196,297 tons in January 2025, reflecting a 532 percent increase compared to the same month last year. Mango production in Peru reached 196,297 tons in January 2025, reflecting a 532 percent increase compared to the same month last year, according to Agraria, citing figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI).
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4 weeks ago | 
producebluebook.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
Markon Cooperative BB #:123315 released this grape crop update March 27, 2025:The Chilean/Peruvian offshore grape season will end in early May. Harvesting will transition to Mexico in early May. Expect pricing to gradually increase as the offshore season winds down.
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4 weeks ago | 
producebluebook.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
In eight years, Peru has tripled its market share of the global blueberry business. In 2016, Peru exported blueberries for a value of $237 million, representing 11 percent of the global value of the business ($2.246 billion for that year). By 2024, shipments reached $2.27 billion, representing 33 percent of the global value ($4.692 billion), according to Agraria, citing a report from the Proarándanos trade association during a Blueberries Consulting industry event.
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4 weeks ago | 
producebluebook.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Mark Campbell |Greg Johnson
BAKERSFIELD, CA (March 25, 2025) – Sun World BB #:341274, an international leader in produce licensing with one of the largest and longest-running breeding programs, today announced the addition of five leading produce companies from Italy to its roster of authorized marketers, marking further expansion of the AUTUMNCRISP grape network.
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1 month ago | 
producebluebook.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
Watsonville, CA – March 25, 2025 – California Giant Berry Farms BB #:121061, a leader in fresh berries, today shared a blueberry crop update forecasting increased volumes of organic and conventionally grown blueberries. The promising start to the domestic blueberry season has come with early season harvests underway and a focus on delivering exceptional quality.
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1 month ago | 
producebluebook.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
Grapes are one of the most important pillars of Peruvian agricultural exports. Since 2008, the product has established itself in the global market with two key regions leading the commercial campaign: Piura, in the north, and Ica, in the south-central region.
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1 month ago | 
producebluebook.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
Peru has consolidated its position as the world’s leading exporter of blueberries, with record sales to major global markets totaling more than $2.27 billion by the end of the 2024-25 season, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI). The campaign will extend until April of this year. Peru ended last year with extraordinary production and export figures, although the campaign continues until April 2025.
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1 month ago | 
producebluebook.com | Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
In 2024, Peruvian exports via air reached 91,881 tons, reflecting an increase of 4.3 percent against the dispatched volume in the same period of the previous year, according to Agraria, using figures from Comex Peru. Three agricultural products led Peruvian exports via air: fresh or refrigerated asparagus, fresh mangoes, and fresh blueberries, which together concentrated 62.4 percent of the total volume dispatched by this route.
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1 month ago | 
producebluebook.com | Mark Campbell |Marco Antonio Campos |Greg Johnson
March 18, 2025 MIAMI, FL — Weather conditions have helped to launch an earlier start to “miniature” (dwarf mangos) from the Colombia’s Caribbean Coast. Production season is typically from early March until June each year, with exports beginning after the second week’s harvest. Goldenberry Farms has branded their Sugar Mango brand of miniature mangos since 2021, which has grown in popularity with more than 20 large retailers in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
