Peruvian crude palm oil exports fall 37.31% in value and 35.74% in volume between January and September

(Agraria.pe) Between January and September of this year, Peruvian exports of crude palm oil reached US$ 39,327,968, showing a contraction of -37.31% compared to the US$ 62,737,282 recorded in the same months of 2023. In the first nine months of 2024, shipments of crude palm oil by Peru amounted to 42,526,582 kilos, showing a reduction of -35.74% compared to the 66,180,424 kilos reported in the same period of the previous year. In the period analyzed this year, the average price for crude palm oil from Peru was US$ 0.92 per kilo, which represented a drop of -3.16% versus the US$ 0.95 per kilo on average recorded between January and September 2023. Mexico was the main destination for crude palm oil from Peru in the first three quarters of 2024, making purchases for US$ 24,100,000, concentrating 61.28% of the total. It was followed by Colombia with US$ 8,952,000, Ecuador with US$ 2,468,000, the Dominican Republic with US$ 2,220,000, Honduras with US$ 601,000 ...