Following a joint announcement by China’s President Xi Jinping and President Dina Boluarte of Peru on Nov. 14 regarding the official commencement of operations at Chancay Port, Peruvian media reports on Nov. 19 confirmed that the new port has successfully sent its first batch of products to Shanghai.
Chancay Port, located on Peru’s central coast, is a newly constructed deep-water port designed to facilitate direct shipping routes between South America and Asia. The port currently features four berths, including both container and multipurpose terminals, with an annual handling capacity of 1 million TEU. With a depth of around 18 meters, it is designed to accommodate large vessels, including ships up to 400 meters long and capable of carrying 18,000 containers. Chancay Port is part of a broader effort to connect Peru directly to China and other Asian markets, bypassing traditional stops in the United States and Mexico.
Ships traveling from South America to China typically take more than 45 days to complete the journey, often stopping in Central America, Mexico or the United States. With the completion of Chancay Port, direct shipping routes to China are now possible, reducing the transit time by at least 10 days. The first shipment from Chancay Port to China included fresh blueberries, with nine containers from Camposol and one container from Qali, a subsidiary of Agrícola Cerro Prieto.
Since entering the Chinese market in 2009, Camposol has continuously expanded the variety and volume of products it exports to China, which include blueberries, avocados and grapes, all of which are increasingly popular among Chinese consumers. Agrícola Cerro Prieto, an agricultural company specializing in the production, packaging and sale of products such as green asparagus, avocados and blueberries, owns over 4,500 hectares of agricultural farmland in northern Peru and exports its goods to destinations including North America, Europe and Asia.
During its last blueberry season, Peru exported 207,000 metric tons of blueberries to 42 countries and regions worldwide, with a total value of $1.68 billion. According to the latest forecast by the Peruvian Blueberry Growers Association (Proarándanos) in September, the total export volume of fresh Peruvian blueberries for the 2024/25 season is expected to exceed 290,000 metric tons.
02.12.2024
Source: ProduceReport.com
