Even though he Ministry of Foreign Affairs carried out a market study so that from January of this year fertilizers can be purchased and ensure the 2022-2023 agricultural campaign, the Executive did not make any purchases in the first months, according to the Punto Final report.
“Talks began with officials from the Venezuelan government, which has the capacity to produce and export urea, as well as with Bolivia… Foreign Relations also began to make some inquiries”, indicated Eduardo Zegarra for the Sunday.
According to Latina documents, the former ministers of the agriculture sector and President Pedro Castillo had been aware of the food crisis since last year and had to anticipate the delivery of fertilizers to farmers, but this did not happen.
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The Sunday newspaper indicated that former Foreign Minister Óscar Maurtua sent a document on January 10, 2022 to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) with relevant information, such as the prices of fertilizers, which countries could sell to Peru, in which ports they could unload the products and company contact numbers.
“Former Minister Óscar Zea is the main person responsible for not generating the emergency in the face of the situation we are going through. He was a minister for four months at the most critical moment”, Zegarra said.
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It should be noted that Agro Rural declared the first international urea purchase process void on Sunday, June 5. At that time, a total of 44 proposals were submitted.
In the second call, Midagri reported that the evaluation committee chose the company MF Fertilizadores, from Brazil, as the one that will provide Peru with a total of 73,529 tons of urea at a cost of S/ 348 million.
The Brazilian company will deliver up to 40,000 tons in the first 35 days after signing the contract with the Peruvian government. The discharges will be in the ports of Callao, Matarani and Salaverry.
The second delivery, that is, the remaining 33,529 tons, will arrive 40 days after receiving the letter of credit.
