mango exports value-added have increased over the last five years to represent 30 percent of total exports of this fruit during the campaign from 2009 to 2010, reported the president of the Peruvian Association of Mango Producers and Exporters (EMPA), Mario Salazar.
In recent years has changed the trend of exports because there is an industry with capacity to process dried mango, mango frozen juice or magician for mango pulp, told Andina news agency.
During the campaign 2005 - 2006 mango exports with added value accounted for ten percent of exports of this fruit, a figure that has grown to reach 30 percent of exports at the end of the campaign from 2009 to 2010.
the total volume of mangoes for industrialization, 50 percent is for canning, 20 percent and ten percent juices to dehydrate.
Of the total harvest, 40 percent goes export fresh, 30 percent industrial product, 25 percent for local consumption and five percent for other uses.
also recalled that previously exported between 70 to 80 percent of the fresh mango.
said that the outlook for the year 2010 - 2011 are positive because, although exports could be lower than in the previous season, the mango export opportunities with higher value added are higher.
At the end of the year 2009 - 2010 total mango exports totaled 107 tons, and know what it exported in the year 2010 to 2011 when surveys are conducted in two weeks.
Salazar said there are opportunities to enter new markets as the EMPA is developing a series of strategies.
noted that before the United States was the main market, but during the campaign 2009 - 2010, 48 percent of mango exports went to Europe and 34 percent to the United States.
It has also entered new markets such as Chile, China and Japan, the latter 60 tons were exported during the previous season and is expected to double this amount. Andean Way
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