Timely annual production increase by 127.1% in March 2025 is helping table grapes from Peru exploit currently handsome international prices.
According to Agraria on May 27, 2025, the March harvest amassed 74,115 tonnes vis-á-vis 32,637 tonnes in March 2024.
With the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecasting 2024-25 grape production in Peru at 790,000 tonnes, March volumes already represent a 1/10th share.
The USDA puts Peru’s current table grape consumption at 170,000 tonnes, below 2023-2024’s due to robust market prices.
Peru could exploit strong international rates by exporting 620,000 tonnes of grapes in the 2024-25 season, 17% up year-on-year.
International offers are vital for a sector that thrives on exports for three-quarters of its annual harvest.
Indeed, ITC’s latest data for fresh/dried grapes from Peru for December 2024 puts the export rate at US$3,020 a tonne. The margin edges the export prices of both October and November 2024 of $2,990 and 2,996 per tonne, respectively.
Market beneficiaries include the main production zones of Lima and Ica, whose output grew by 67.7 and 278.6%, respectively, March 2025.
With such bounty, the Peru grapes sector is therefore headed for export gains in the upcoming market year. For key takes from this lucrative fruit sector, skim the production statistics, next.
Peru Grapes Statistics
Peru is one of the powerhouses of table grape production due to a suitable climate. In 2022, it ranked 17th in global production with over 918,900 tonnes. By 2023, the country had breached the 1 million-tonne mark, with an output of around 1,011,071 tonnes. The growth solidified Peru’s competitiveness with regional production leaders Brazil, Argentina and Chile, which annually average over 1.5 million tonnes, apiece.
Production and acreage growth are the keys to this competitiveness, as the two sections below illustrate.
Did Peru’s grape production grow in the 2019-23 period?
The following data interpretation from FAOSTAT reveals that Peru’s table grape production consistently appreciated between 2019 and 2023.
| Year | Production [tonnes] | % Growth |
| 2023 | 1,011,071 | 9.65 |
| 2022 | 922,892 | 11.6 |
| 2021 | 826,370 | 12.6 |
| 2020 | 733,472 | 14.7 |
| 2019 | 639,815 | – |
How has the grape area expanded in Peru since 2019?
Beginning 2019 when acreage was 33,238 hectares (ha), Peru recorded upshot grove area growth. Under this period, the cultivated area tailed off at 37,453 ha in 2023. But while 2023’s climax may seem final, it was actually a slight decline from 2022’s high of 37,843 ha.