Blueberry Production for Export
Premium Berries · Production, cold-chain, airfreight export
Zimbabwe is Africa's #3 and world's #20 exporter of blueberries — a premium counter-seasonal opportunity supplying European retailers, with access to the US$27.2 billion global berries market.
Zimbabwe has emerged as a top-3 African exporter of blueberries and is ranked 20th globally (World Top Exports and Index Mundi). The counter-seasonal harvest window supplies premium European retailers during the northern hemisphere off-season.
Blueberries have grown from a niche crop into one of Zimbabwe's globally-ranked horticultural export categories.
Where the capital goes.
Opportunities exist in new plantings under tunnel infrastructure, cold-chain and pack-house capacity, and airfreight export logistics targeting EU and UK retailers.
Numbers from the prospectus.
Local demand, export demand and production gaps.
Why Zimbabwe.
Approximately 33 million hectares of arable land for crop and livestock production.
Over 10,000 small, medium and large dams — potential to irrigate up to 2 million hectares.
Temperate climate favourable across five agro-ecological regions.
Strong human capital base with a 90% literacy rate.
Strategic location on the North-South Corridor — regional logistics hub.
Preferential market access through SADC, COMESA, ACP, AfCFTA and WTO.
Multi-currency system eliminating exchange rate risk; dividends and profits freely remittable.
Investment Promotion & Protection Agreements (bilateral and multilateral).
Enabling infrastructure.
Why invest in this opportunity.
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