This Wednesday, the first container of Satsuma tangerines departed from Huaral province (in the region of Lima) to Japan. It took a decade of negotiations to even reach this point, said Perus Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri).

Japan is a potential market of 126 million consumers. This citrus fruit is a Japanese variety brought in for production purposes. It acclimatized in Peru and is now ready to be exported to its place of origin.

Earlier, the National Agricultural Sanitation Service (Senasa) certified the container holding 22,800 kilos of tangerines and placed the security seal in order to prevent manipulation of the contents during the trip.

Likewise, these seals certify the cargo meets international standards of food safety and is free of pests and quarantine diseases.  In this sense, the shipment adheres to the work plan signed between Peru and Japan in 2018.

It is explained how Hass avocados were the last Peruvian products to enter the Japanese market, back in 2015. Exports might reach 335,000 tons this year.