Peru exported 7,055 tons of asparagus for US$ 23.4 million in May

(Agraria.pe) Asparagus did not do as expected in May 2024. The average price was slightly favored (+4%), but that was not enough for the low volumes shipped to affect the overall result. In the analyzed month of this year, exports of this vegetable totaled 7,055 tons for US$ 23.4 million, which was 22% less in volume and 19% less in value than the same month in 2023. The price that was managed in the international market it was US$ 3.32 per kilogram. In May of this year, Peruvian asparagus reached 27 destinations, of which only two imported more than US$ 1 million; while in the same month of the previous year there had been more than five markets that surpassed said purchase. The main destinations were the United States (62% participation), Spain (15%) and Germany (4%). The latter came to displace France and Japan, whose purchases even reached US$ 2 million in 2023. To the United States, shipments totaled 4,588 tons for US$ 14.4 million. This was 18% less in volume and 5% less in ...