Arcor Peru to begin chewing gum production.

From: South American Business Information | Date: July 16, 2003 | Copyright information

Peru, Jul 16, 2003 (Gestion/SABI via COMTEX)

The Arcor Peru company plans to expand production at its Chancay plant in order to begin the production of chewing gum products, aimed mainly at the children's market, in September. Arcor Peru sells a mix of domestically produced and imported products, the latter coming mainly from the Mercosur countries and providing a lower return for the company, due to duties and transportation costs. the company notes that the Peruvian candy market showed a slowing of growth in the first half of this year, due to the various strikes which ...

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