Ecuador makes the first butter export to Peru

12.6 tons of butter in the bulk were embarked towards Puerto Callao-Peru.

Ecuador made the first export of 12.6 tons of butter to the bulk to Peru.

The product was embarked from Lactalis from Ecuador S. A. to Puerto Callao (Peru).

For its manufacture, 256,000 liters of milk from 300 small farmers in the area were used, according to the agency of regulation and control and zoosanitary control (Agrocality).

The lactea lactalis industry maintains the exporter certificate granted by Agrocality, for shipping abroad of the following dairy products: whole milk, semi -cut, skim, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, dratosada (zymil), fortified uht, milk cream, butter without bulk salt and cream cheese towards Peru.

Carlos Muentes, Executive Director of Agrocality, said that "the constant effort and work of the entire chain pay fruits to carry more dairy products from small producers with high quality standards to new international markets."

In Ecuador there are approximately 294,000 milk producers, 80 % are small and 20 % are distributed between medium and large; In total they produce 6.15 million liters, according to 2020 figures of the surface and agricultural production survey (space).

For Pablo Beltrán, Lactalis Manager of Ecuador, the closure of this type of business is a show of pride for Ecuadorians, "since it opens the door as a reference for our dairy products."

Ecuador has open the following markets for dairy products: Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, United Arab Emirates, Mexico, the United States, Peru, Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

According to Agrocality, it has a process of certification of plants dedicated to export, which consists of the accompaniment and finding of the suitability of the health processes and requirements requested by the destination countries.