Asunción, Agencia IP.- This Tuesday, 25,000 kilos of Paraguayan carrots were shipped to the Argentine market, the first shipment of this horticultural sector to be exported, destined until now to supply the consumer demand of the local market.
The first shipment of carrots for the Argentine market marks a milestone for this sector, which is the only one capable of supplying the domestic market throughout the year, highlighted Leticia Soria, director of Quality and Safety of the National Service for Plant and Seed Quality ( Senave).
The shipment of the 25,000 kilos is possible through the management of the National Government and the support of the Investment and Export Network (Rediex), which put buyers in Buenos Aires and producers in the department of Itapúa in contact.
«In Buenos Aires there is a shortage of this item, products of Brazilian origin were entering but through the efforts they decided to acquire Paraguayan production. It was only two weeks ago that the interested parties were contacted and the deal was finalized,” Soria explained in communication with the state media.
He indicated that carrot is an item that is typically produced in the department of Itapúa, where most of what is consumed in the Paraguayan market comes from, and that in this first export shipment three cooperative producers are responsible for the shipment.
Soria highlighted that in the carrot sector, Senave has no export history but that national production has sufficient volume and the opportunity to go to other markets.
«What Senave aims to do is export items that generally come from family farming. We are typically grain exporters but the focus now is to export fruit and vegetable products. “We have conditions and quality, it is a matter of closing businesses based on price,” said the director of Senave.
In that sense, he mentioned the promotion and markets gained for the banana sector during the current administration.
He also pointed out Senave’s intention to promote the export of onion, another area in which there is a lot of quality in production. To this end, we are also working with Rediex to establish contact and ensure all phytosanitary conditions for export.
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