Peruvian coffee exports increased by 62.8%

This product reached a total of 46 markets, with the USA, Belgium and Germany standing out. Despite the fall in its price in the international market, shipments of Peruvian coffee abroad (non-decaffeinated and unroasted coffee) totaled, in the first half of the year, US$ 257 million 704 thousand, achieving an increase of 62.8% compared to the same period last year (US$ 158 million 307 thousand), reported the Association of Exporters (ADEX). In the framework of the commemoration of the ‘Peruvian Coffee Day’ –celebrated on the 4th Friday of August of each year–, the manager of Agroexports of the association, Claudia Solano Oré, explained that the price of the national grain abroad was on average US$ 3.86 per kilogram, however, the higher volumes boosted its sales. He recalled that in Peru, per capita consumption is barely one kilo, which is why public-private work must be strengthened in order to improve this volume. “The establishment of Peruvian Coffee Day and the work of other ...