- Business
- Empresa Agricola San Juan SA is an agro-industrial and agricultural export company based in Peru, engaged in the cultivation, processing, packaging, and commercialization of fresh agricultural produce for international and domestic markets. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Ica, Peru, the company operates extensive farming estates, modern packing facilities, and cold storage infrastructure throughout the Ica Valley. The company operates primarily through the agricultural production and agro-export business segments, serving commercial food importers, wholesale distributors, and retail supermarket chains across North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
The company's core product and service portfolio includes: fresh table grapes, encompassing traditional varieties such as Red Globe, Flame Seedless, and Sugraone, alongside patented seedless varieties including Sweet Globe, Autumncrisp, Allison, and Jack's Salute; fresh green asparagus and fresh white asparagus, sorted, trimmed, and packaged in standardized formats; citrus fruits, consisting of clementines, tangelos, and mandarins including the W. Murcott variety; fresh Hass avocados cultivated for wholesale export; and post-harvest services, including automated sorting, hydro-cooling, cold storage warehousing, phytosanitary treatment compliance, modified atmosphere packaging, and integrated export logistics management.
In recent developments, Empresa Agricola San Juan SA has continued to implement a major crop varietal restructuring program, transitioning traditional table grape acreage toward higher-yield, licensed premium seedless cultivars to align with global supermarket demand. To counteract the operational and climate challenges associated with recent El Nino weather anomalies, the company has expanded its water management infrastructure, investing in advanced automated drip irrigation networks, expanded water storage reservoirs, and precision fertigation systems. In addition, the company has modernized its centralized packing plant and cold chain facilities in Ica, expanding refrigerated storage capacity and upgrading optical sorting technology to optimize packing efficiency. The company has also strengthened its international market access through renewed global food safety and sustainability certifications, including GlobalG.A.P., BRCGS, and SMETA, while refinancing short-term credit facilities into long-term commercial loans to support working capital requirements and enhance operational liquidity.