Colombia wants to bet on blueberries

17/07/2017

Last April, Sebastián Domínguez, in charge of the commercial blueberry program of the Chilean company Utilitas, traveled to Colombia to see potential buyers for the fruit. And there he found that there are already Colombian businessmen who want to bet on local productions. In fact, there are already nurseries that are preparing to deliver plants for new projects. «It is seen that there is an important interest, although it still does not have the magnitude of Peru«comments Domínguez, who was invited as a speaker to the program for senior management of the blueberry industry, which will take place in Bogotá at the beginning of August. He says that what is seen is that they could work well with early varieties and that they would compete with both Chile and Peru, for dates. «Colombians want to take advantage of all the logistics and knowledge they have with the export of flowers. Their goal would be to supply Europe, although they also look at the United States«emphasizes the Chilean expert.