Colombia agri-food exports grow 7% in 2020

According to information from EFE, official sources said that Colombia's agri-food exports reached USD7,812 million in 2020, which represented a 7% increase compared to 2019. Agri-food products registered sales of USD10,000 million. Agri-food products reach 116 countries, among which the United States was the main export destination. The products most shipped were coffee, fish fillets, fresh fruits, and food preparations. Flavia Santoro, president of ProColombia commented that “today we can say that Colombia is on the way to being a food pantry for the world, as the FAO has well cataloged us due to the potential of the arable area and the great variety of exportable supply and competitive factors like the production capacity almost every day of the year ”. After the United States, the main buyers of Colombian agri-food were the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. The highest growth in exports of fresh fruits and cocoa was in Japan with an increase of 8% in 2020. Spain was located ...