The blueberry shoots in Huelva and points to the world
The regional governments of Asturias and Cantabria have opened lines of aid to producers.
The blueberry is one of the red fruits that is growing more in Spain, where Huelva is the main producer, and also in the rest of the world, with significant increases in the production area of other producing countries, as explained by the Spanish Federation of Associations of Exporting Producers of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (Fepex), in which Freshuelva is integrated.
In Huelva, the area has changed from 1.150 hectares in the 2013 / 2014 campaign to 2.858 hectares in 2017 / 2018. In the Cantabrian cornice the area reaches the 400 hectare and Fepex ensures that the autonomous governments want to encourage the extension of these crops.
He explains that the governments of Asturias and Cantabria have published orders to promote blueberry plantations with subsidies to producers, with production oriented to the period from June to October.
In the international arena, as was clearly shown in the III Congress of Red Fruits, organized by Freshuelva, this year will have its continuation in the IV Congress scheduled for the 20 and 21 in June, the boom of red fruits, and especially of cranberry, is being experienced in many other countries.
In Chile last 103.000 tons were exported and in Peru, in four years they expect to export 120.000 tons. In Argentina, the national blueberry market is increasing with an area between 1.900 and 2.100 hectares.
The majority of production is exported and the United States is its main market with 65% of the total, although the United Kingdom is also a significant destination.
Likewise, on the African continent, South Africa and Morocco are registering increases in cultivated area. And in Europe, Portugal, which until now has focused most of its raspberry red fruit exploitations, is increasing cranberry cultivation.
In Spain, the sector grouped in Freshuelva is committed to European markets such as the United Kingdom, to maintain its growth, and the Scandinavian countries are of special interest, where they want to reinforce sales by consumer interest that relates the red fruits with their healthy properties
Efforts are also being made to diversify exports, according to Rafael Domínguez, manager of Freshuelva, and in this line China is one of the destinations considered of interest, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Economy has already been asked to start negotiations to negotiate an protocol that allows export to this country, similar to the one that Chile has already signed with China for the blueberry.
The red fruit sector also seeks to increase its presence in the Arab countries, where the default has already begun to be exported.
Source: Diariodesevilla.es
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