SUGAR CANE
CAES Piura producers grow sugar cane within their farm idependently or as a family unit. Once harvested, they gather to begin the panela-making process. Sugar cane can be harvested year-round, but in the mountains of Piura, heavy rains between January and May make production and transport difficult. As a result, during these months, only 5% of annual production gets processed. Thus between July and December, when the rains have ceased, is the time production is most important.
BANANA
In the Sierra of Piura banana is grown in combination with coffee and other crops to make the most of shade banana trees offer. At CAES Piura, we want to bring added value by producing plantain chips and banana flour from the bananas so that producers who largely grow this type of crop, are able to earn additional income from their products. The banana variety is Monte Cristo, also known in the region as Big Nano.
PANELA CASTER
Once the producers get the panela, it is transported to the Montero Finished Product Centre. The technical team of CAES Piura completes a quality control process and then sieves the panela with the aim of eliminating any impurities. The panela from different producers or regions generally slightly varies, according to the percentage of dampness and colour, so we mix them to obtain a homogeneous product. Then it is packed and stored while waiting for shipment.
PLANTAIN CRISPS
CAES Piura gathers our producers’ banana crop and processes them in the cooperative’s own processing center. The production of chifles depends on demand. In other words, there is no stock, its production is done the days before shipment. Also, this allows us to modify the seasoning (salt, spices and other flavors) according to the customer’s preferences.
BANANA FLOUR
CAES Piura gathers our producers banana production and dehydrates the bananas using the cooperative’s solar dryers. Afterwards, the product is crushed and packaged at the CAES Piura Packaging Centre.
NATIONAL ORDERS
Usually, orders are dispatched to Piura every Monday and dropped off at the transport company’s warehouse. For orders of one ton or more we can deliver to our customers’ warehouse in the northern area of Peru, in Lima within a week and in variable timeframes for the other regions of the country. For orders under one ton, a national courier service is used to transport to the destination city office.
EXPORTATIONS
We mainly export by means of the FOB Paita Incoterm from the port of Paita or Lima in full shipping containers. The container is loaded, sealed and made available to the customs agency before loading onto the container ship. However, we adapt shipping to fit the conditions of the client as necessary. Transport could be carried out under other Incoterms such as EXW, CIF, DAP, DDP; from other ports, like Lima; in quantities less than a Container Load (LCL) if necessary.
SUGAR CANE
CAES Piura producers grow sugar cane within their farm idependently or as a family unit. Once harvested, they gather to begin the panela-making process. Sugar cane can be harvested year-round, but in the mountains of Piura, heavy rains between January and May make production and transport difficult. As a result, during these months, only 5% of annual production gets processed. Thus between July and December, when the rains have ceased, is the time production is most important.
BANANA
In the Sierra of Piura banana is grown in combination with coffee and other crops to make the most of shade banana trees offer. At CAES Piura, we want to bring added value by producing plantain chips and banana flour from the bananas so that producers who largely grow this type of crop, are able to earn additional income from their products. The banana variety is Monte Cristo, also known in the region as Big Nano.
PANELA CASTER
Once the producers get the panela, it is transported to the Montero Finished Product Centre. The technical team of CAES Piura completes a quality control process and then sieves the panela with the aim of eliminating any impurities. The panela from different producers or regions generally slightly varies, according to the percentage of dampness and colour, so we mix them to obtain a homogeneous product. Then it is packed and stored while waiting for shipment.
PLANTAIN CRISPS
CAES Piura gathers our producers’ banana crop and processes them in the cooperative’s own processing center. The production of chifles depends on demand. In other words, there is no stock, its production is done the days before shipment. Also, this allows us to modify the seasoning (salt, spices and other flavors) according to the customer’s preferences.
BANANA FLOUR
CAES Piura gathers our producers banana production and dehydrates the bananas using the cooperative’s solar dryers. Afterwards, the product is crushed and packaged at the CAES Piura Packaging Centre.
NATIONAL ORDERS
Usually, orders are dispatched to Piura every Monday and dropped off at the transport company’s warehouse. For orders of one ton or more we can deliver to our customers’ warehouse in the northern area of Peru, in Lima within a week and in variable timeframes for the other regions of the country. For orders under one ton, a national courier service is used to transport to the destination city office.
EXPORTATIONS
We mainly export by means of the FOB Paita Incoterm from the port of Paita or Lima in full shipping containers. The container is loaded, sealed and made available to the customs agency before loading onto the container ship. However, we adapt shipping to fit the conditions of the client as necessary. Transport could be carried out under other Incoterms such as EXW, CIF, DAP, DDP; from other ports, like Lima; in quantities less than a Container Load (LCL) if necessary.