Argentina: More than 135 tons of blueberries have already arrived in different markets

23/09/2015

More than 135 tonnes of Argentine blueberries arrived in the different markets during the 37 week, detailed the Argentine Committee of Blueberries (ABC) in its latest newsletter.

USA topped the list with 82 tons, followed by the United Kingdom (42 tons), Canada (5,3 tons) and Asia (4 tons).

In relation to maritime shipments, the agency reported that during that week 30 tonnes were sent to arrive at the 41 week.

Hail in Concordia

The dawn of the 16 of September registered a storm of hail in the city of Concordia.

According to information provided to Portalfrutícola.com, the Association of Blueberry Producers of Mesopotamia Argentina (APAMA) confirmed that although the damage to blueberry crops had been minor, it could be quantified beforehand a decrease of 5% percent with respect to the initial volume estimated for the region.

Meanwhile, the ABC specified that this week the losses could be better specified, but that the impact on the total volume of Argentina would be less than 2% since the range in which the hail occurred was not so wide and affected plants in different phenological stages, among them, some varieties still in flowering stage.

Source: Fruit Portal