date:Mar 02, 2017
According to the CEO of KeyPeru, Miguel Ognio Gomez, Peru exported 108,000 tons (4,000 containers of 27 tonnes each) of fresh onion during the last campaign (August 2016 - January 2017), i.e. 11.1% more than the 97,200 tons (3,600 containers) it exported in the previous season (2015/2016).
Ognio Gomez also stated that some farmers had produced too much product which led to low prices by the end of the campaign.
He said that the prices at the beginning of the 206/2017 campaign had been similar