Shipments up 36 per cent so far this year, putting sector on course to top its previous high in 2022
Peru exported almost 49,500 tonnes of fresh pomegranates between 1 January and 13 June of this year, an increase of 36.03 per cent compared to the 36,300 tonnes shipped during the same period in 2025.
The figures – released by the president of the consulting firm Inform@cción, Fernando Cillóniz Benavides and reported in Agraria.pe – suggest that Peru is on course to beat the record 50,000 tonnes it exported in 2022, as the season still has some weeks to run.
According to Cillóniz, shipments started strongly in January and peaked in March, with exports of almost 20,000 tonnes – well up on the 11,000 tonnes exported in March 2025.
He noted that the value of shipments so far this year has exceeded US$100m and are expected to surpass the US$115mn achieved last year since last year, shipments of fresh pomegranates from Peru have exceeded US$100 million (US$115 million in 2025), and this year they expect to surpass that record.
“Fresh pomegranates have now become a medium-sized crop, with exports exceeding US$100mn, which is very gratifying. This has been a key factor in achieving the record agricultural exports recorded in the first five months of 2026,” he said.
Peruvian pomegranate production peaks in March and April, a period when there is a lull in fresh fruit exports – blueberries peak in September and October; grapes in December and January; avocados in June and July; citrus in June-August; and coffee and cacao between August and October.
“We lack a strong crop for March and April, and that crop is the pomegranate. However, it doesn’t have the importance of blueberries, grapes, or avocados (on the coast), nor the scale of coffee and cacao (in the jungle). Because of its size, the pomegranate can’t offset potential losses in these more important crops,” he concluded.
