Argentina: Peanut production highlight that the exports of that regional economy have broken a new record, for more than 1,100 million dollars

Published 2021년 3월 8일

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Argentina's peanut sector achieved a record export volume of 835 thousand tons and value of nearly 1,100 million dollars in 2020, making it the world's leading exporter of Blanched and HPS peanuts. The sector expanded its planting area by 10% to 385 thousand hectares and accounts for about 14% of the exports from the province of Córdoba. The majority of the peanuts are consumed in the European Union, United Kingdom, and United States. The sector has focused on quality and sustainability, and companies are adapting technologies to meet EU standards, reusing peanut shells for energy and brick production, and conducting research on cover crops and greenhouse gas emissions.

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The peanut agribusiness sector exported a record volume of 835 thousand tons last year, for a sum close to 1,100 million dollars. This performance allowed Argentina to consolidate as the main world exporter in the types of Blanched and HPS (with skin) peanuts. The data comes from the INDEC database and includes peanut oil and different types of varieties and preparations, but leaves out the peanut pellets that totaled around 25 thousand tons. In the current 2020/2021 campaign, the peanut complex increased the planting area by 10% to 385 thousand hectares, after the good results obtained last year that allowed it to represent about 14% of the exports of the province of Córdoba, according to the Argentine Peanut Chamber (CAM). This agroindustrial cluster became a reference exporting regional economy mainly for the province of Cordoba, which concentrates 90% of the companies in the sector. In dialogue with the Télam agency, which published a complete report on this sector, the ...

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