And 2025 seems to be the year Walter Dietzela producer of fruits and vegetables from Chaco, who a few days ago appeared in the news for exporting watermelons to Uruguay for the first time after the liberalization of the market and which is about to achieve another milestone: Sending ancho coquina squash to the same destination, an unprecedented fact for our country.
Dietzel, farmer from Chaco Juan Jose CastelliWho knew how to write in February to the Minister of Liberation and Transformation of the State, Federico Sturzeneggerto liberalize the fruit market, and then, thanks to the measures taken by the executive authority, was able to export watermelons to the neighboring country, now About to complete the shipment of 84 tons From coquina pumpkin to the same destination.
“We continue to make history”Dietzel said in an interview with Clarin RuralShowing pride in another achievement. According to him, the first two trucks loaded with 28,000 kilograms will be sent today to Montevideo and the last shipment will be delivered on Friday.
“This particular variety has never been sold before. In other words, We are entering the Uruguay market with new items We are opening new horizons. That’s why it’s historic and we did it here from the heart of the world impervious “Chaco,” Dietzel said.
The producer, who also produces watermelon alongside pumpkins and melons, commented that his company began talks with buyers from Uruguay three years ago, “but We were unable to make sales due to many regulations that we had to be able to export.. In February of this year, many of those obstacles were resolved and now we are able to do so.
Among these setbacks, Dietzel particularly focused on bureaucracy, lack of preparation on the part of formal organizations, and lack of logistics, which “hampered the process, made it much slower. In many cases, it was not even possible to do it directly, but now, By simplifying everything, it’s more flexible and faster“.
But it is not only the Argentine bureaucratic framework that put the brakes on the wheel There was also some resistance from Uruguay: “The process was not without obstacles. There were temporary obstacles promoted by Uruguayan leaders who halted the process for more than 20 days and threatened to halt the progress of bilateral trade,” an issue that was resolved through official channels.
The city of Juan José Castelli located in North Central Chacois one of the most popular pumpkin producing regions in the country and is responsible for supplying the market with this product in the months when the production of the central provinces has not yet been harvested.
In this field, sowing It takes place between June 20 and the end of July crop It starts in mid-October. Likewise, transplantation is done along with watermelon and watermelon.
“In previous years We have reached about 3,000 hectares These species are planted, but the economic situation has led to a decrease in the surface area by 1,200 hectares throughout the province.”
On the other hand, he commented on the facilities that the climate and region provide for pumpkin production: “It adapts very easily to the region; It requires almost no plant health care“Practically nothing is done to it, because it has almost no pests, and it gives us very good yields.”
“We’ve had production, volume and quality for some time, and in the months when it’s cold in the South and consuming counties are left without production, we take advantage of that window and sell to those places. But now, With this export, we have the opportunity not only to market in the country, but also to cross borders.Dietzel concluded.