Operations Peru
Baika Peru
On the Peruvian coast, on land that was previously desert, Hass avocado is produced when the southern hemisphere is out of season. Since 2021 we have been working here with partner growers, and from here we supply twenty markets on four continents.
The unit in numbers
2021
from
5
productive areas
Mar – Sep
main season
3
parallel packing
The area
Agriculture in the desert
Our fruit comes from the Peruvian coast —Lambayeque, La Libertad, Áncash, Lima and Ica—, about 500 meters high and on sandy loam soils. It is a rainy area sporadic, high luminosity throughout the year and an even thermal gradient, between 17 and 30 degrees.
Where there was desert before, today there are orchards. The water comes from the subsoil and the large irrigation projects that bring it from the mountain range, and it is applied with technical irrigation, drop by drop.
The producers
All our Peruvian fruit comes from partner growers
In Peru we do not have our company-owned orchards, and that defines how we work: we accompany the producer throughout the chain, from orchard management to the arrival of his fruit to destination.
We offer technical assistance on the ground, financial support, support for get certified, access to our market network and long-term contracts. and something that a producer values as much as the above: we tell him which destinations he is traveling to its fruit.
Our producers →“Support, transparency and the peace of mind of knowing that your fruit will be marketed in the best markets.”
How it is processed
Our people are in every process
The Peruvian avocado is processed in third-party packing houses, always as close as possible to the orchards: in fresh fruit, every hour between harvesting and packing counts. We work with three packing plants in parallel, in the north, center and south of the coast.
Just because the plant is not ours does not mean that the process is not. Baika has a team own production and quality technician in each packing, present one hundred percent of the processes.
“Cannot process if we are not present.”
Harvest and dry matter
We harvest by measuring
The avocado does not ripen on the tree: what defines whether it will be creamy and flavorful is decides at harvest, and is measured with dry matter. From 2025 the technical standard Peru requires a minimum of 22% for export Hass avocado, one point per on the international Codex standard. We measure lot by lot and harvest by above the minimum requested by each destination market.
22 %
Minimum dry matter required by the Peruvian technical standard from 2025 for avocado Export Hass.
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Traceability and technology
From box to batch
Every box that leaves Peru can be traced back to the lot of the producer who harvested it. and The packing houses we work with have an optical scanner, which detects defects that the human eye cannot see.
The marketer
Near the market, every day
Our marketing company in Peru has a clear priority: placing the fruit in the best possible market, with a focus on retail, because it is the channel that ensures the greatest return to the producer. At the same time, it opens new destinations and keeps people informed. producers about where their fruit travels.
Having our own commercial operation keeps us close to the end client, allows us give you support at destination and follow the market movement day by day — something that in Fresh fruit, where everything changes quickly, makes a difference.
- America
- Chile · Argentina · Uruguay · USA · Costa Rica
- Europe
- Spain · Germany · United Kingdom · Netherlands
- Asia
- China · Japan · Korea
For clients in Europe and Asia we offer ready-to-eat fruit programs, coordinated with our operation in Spain.
Baika Europe →Certifications
Good agricultural practices and environmental and social standards
Our operation in Peru is certified in good agricultural practices and in environmental and social standards: GLOBALG.A.P., Rainforest Alliance, SMETA 4 pillars registered with Sedex, GRASP, SPRING and FSMA.
- GLOBALG.A.P.
- Rainforest Alliance
- SMETA / Sedex
- GRASP
- SPRING
- FSMA
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Baika Peru in detail
- Role in the chain
- Sourcing · marketing
- Operate from
- 2021
- Company-owned orchards
- There is no. All fruit comes from partner growers
- Productive areas
- Lambayeque · La Libertad · Áncash · Lima · Ica
- Crop
- Hass Avocado
- Productive management
- Conventional
- Altitude
- ~500 ms. n. m.
- Climate
- 17 – 30 °C, sporadic rains, high luminosity
- Soil
- sandy loam
- Irrigation
- Groundwater and irrigation projects from the mountain range; technical irrigation
- Process
- Three third-party packing plants in parallel — north, center and south —, with Baika's own technical team present in 100% of the processes
- Traceability
- To the producer's lot
- Packing technology
- Optical flaw detection scanner
- main season
- March – September, peak from April to July
- Minimum dry matter
- 22% (Peruvian technical standard, 2025)
- Certifications
- GLOBALG.A.P. · Rainforest Alliance · SMETA/Sedex · GRASP · SPRING · FSMA
- Ready to eat
- Limited program, Europe and Asia
- Team
- 9 permanent people, up to 20 during harvest season