Agro-exports in Peru registered a 31% expansion in May

Published 2021년 7월 21일

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In the first five months of 2021, Peruvian agro-exports experienced a 19% increase compared to the same period in the previous year, totaling 2,852 million dollars, as reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). This growth was largely driven by non-traditional exports, which saw a 20% increase to 2,276 million dollars, while traditional agricultural exports remained stable at 86 million dollars. The surge was led by the sales of fresh grapes, avocados, mangoes, asparagus, and other fruits, with the United States, the Netherlands, Spain, Chile, Ecuador, China, England, Hong Kong, Mexico, and South Korea being the main destination countries. This export activity resulted in a surplus in the agricultural trade balance of 400 million dollars.

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Despite the impacts of covid-19, agro-exports continue their upward pace. In the period between January and May of this year, these shipments totaled 2,852 million dollars, which represented an increase of 19% compared to the same period last year, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). Thus, in the first five months of the year, traditional agricultural exports reached 86 million dollars, while non-traditional exports totaled 2,276 million. The latter registered an increase of 20% compared to the same period in 2020. Non-traditional products whose sales stood out between January-May were fresh grapes with 465 million dollars (17% participation), fresh avocados with 463 million (17%), fresh mango with 226 million (8.1%), frozen mango 100 million (3.6%), fresh asparagus with 96 million (3.5%), other fruits with 79 million (2.8%), preparations used for animal feed with 69 million (2.5%) and fresh bananas with 65 million (2.4%) ). Also noteworthy is ...

Source: AgroForumPeru