Ecuador exports more than 330 thousand tons of cocoa beans during 2021

Published 2022년 2월 22일

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In 2021, Ecuador's cocoa bean exports were certified at 331,028.57 tons, valued at approximately $758 million, marking a 2% increase from the previous year, according to Agrocalidad. The quality of the certified cocoa was 81% fine aroma and 19% CCN-51, and it was exported to 40 countries. Agrocalidad also registered 14,433 cocoa operators and conducted 3,567 inspections, ensuring the required quality and phytosanitary standards for export.

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By Editorial PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, In 2021, the Ecuadorian Plant and Animal Health Regulation and Control Agency (Agrocalidad) certified 331,028.57 tons of cocoa beans for export, for an approximate FOB value of 758 million dollars, The foregoing implied an increase of 2% in relation to the cargo mobilized abroad during 2020, which totaled -for that period- a figure equal to 325,208.04 tons of cocoa. In this context, Agrocalidad stressed that "in the last 5 years there has been a sustained growth in shipments of Ecuadorian cocoa, so that in 2021 a total of 3,567 inspections were carried out nationwide, as can be seen in the following summary table. Regarding the quality referred to in the Ecuadorian Technical Standard NTE-INEN 176, it is recorded that 81% of certified cocoa corresponds to fine aroma cocoa with 266,789.23 tons exported and 19% to CCN-51 cocoa with 64,239.34 tons exported. This vegetable product has been destined for 40 different world destinations, ...

Source: CLPortalportuario