Peruvian agro-exports of fruits and vegetables grew in value 19% in the first 5 months of the year

(Agraria.pe) Between January and May of this year, Peruvian agricultural exports added sales of US $ 2,852 million, which represented an increase of 19% compared to the same period last year, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri ). In the first five months of the year, traditional agricultural exports reached US $ 86 million, while non-traditional exports reached US $ 2,276 million, the latter figure representing 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 US $ 465 million (17% participation); fresh avocado, US $ 463 million (17% participation); fresh mango, US $ 226 million (8.1%); frozen mango, US $ 100 million (3.6%); fresh asparagus, US $ 96 million (3.5%); the other fruits, US $ 79 million (2.8%); preparations used for animal feed, US $ 69 million (2.5%); and fresh bananas, US $ 65 million (2.4%). The good performance of blueberry placements ...