The farmers of tacna will export to Chilean market for the first time the orange cultivated on the Peruvian border after five years of negotiations to reach agreements on phytosanitary matters with Chile. Authorities and farmers broke the news at a conference at the Chamber of Commerce. The start of said economic activity will begin in May 2024.
The director of Agriculture, Luis Enrique Ticona Tellez, explained that, among the efforts that were made for the tacna orange has the approval of Chile, two bilateral technical meetings were convened between the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa) and the Agricultural Livestock Service (SAG) of Chile.
He explained that, in Peru, local farmers managed to incorporate the region of tacna to the work plan for the export of this citrus food at the national level, a proposal in which only Ica and Lima were considered.
The authorities announced the date for the start of the export of the orange. Photo: Liz Ferrer/The Republic
Producers and tons of orange
The Directorate of Agriculture stated that it had identified 800 producers of orange in Tacna, who can produce up to 30 tons of this product per hectare. Most crops are located in the border district La Yarada Los Palos and the variety that is planted is the Washington Navel orange (seedless orange).
The director of Senasa, Alberto Diaz Neyra; the vice-president of the Strategic Committee Agency for the Promotion of Innovation and Development, Corine Flores Lemayre; and the president of the Tacna Citrus Export Consortium (Citritac), Olga Cutipa Flores.
orange overproduction
It should be noted that Olga Cutipa She is a farmer from the border who highlighted that, in the next harvest, oranges will be exported to different markets, including Chile. will be between 10 to 15 containers those who will take it abroad.
He also commented that, currently, there is a orange overproduction, which has caused the price drop. In fact, he asserted that they have been sold up to 30 kilos for S/15. For this reason, export will be an alternative to release the new harvest.
Source: Larepublica
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