Peruvian cocoa paste shipments totaled more than 3 million dollars between January and May

Published 2021년 7월 14일

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Between January and May of 2021, Peru experienced a significant decrease in its exports of unsweetened cocoa paste, dropping from 1.339 million kilos in 2020 to 732,047 kilos in 2021. Despite the decrease, Argentina remained the largest importer, receiving 42% of the total shipments worth $3.22 million. Other countries including the United States, Costa Rica, Chile, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands also imported Peruvian cocoa paste. The main exporting companies were Machu Picchu Trading SAC, Ecoandino SAC, Organic Rainforest SAC, Villa Andina SAC, and Exportadora Romex SA.

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Peruvian chocolate for the world. Argentina was the main importer of the raw material, concentrating 42% of shipments. Peru exported, between January and May of this year, a total of 732,047 kilos of unsweetened cocoa paste for a FOB value of 3 million 222 thousand 772 dollars, according to figures from Agrodata Peru. However, this record represents a considerable decrease compared to the 1 million 339 thousand 744 kilos dispatched in the same period of 2020, when we were still in a period of confinement, for $ 6 million 878 thousand 075 dollars. According to a report collected by the agraria.pe portal, the main destination of Peruvian cocoa paste during the first five months of 2021 was Argentina, where placements for 1 million 344 thousand 153 dollars were obtained, equivalent to 42% of the total . Next came the ...

Source: Agroexportaciones