Peruvian coffee exports increased by 62.8% in the first half of the year

Despite the fall in its price on 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% with respect 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 ‘Day of Peruvian Coffee’ – 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 institutions to promote it are good initiatives,” he added. He also considered it ...