Peruvian exports of fresh asparagus grow in value +2.99% despite falling in volume -23.72% one month before the end of 2023

From January to November of this year, Peruvian exports of fresh asparagus totaled US$337,606,824, showing an increase of +2.99% compared to the US$327,803,445 reached in the same months of 2022. This was reported by Agrodata Perú, who said that in the first eleven months of 2023, shipments of this fresh vegetable totaled 88,143,432 kilos, registering a reduction of -23.72% compared to the 115,552,479 kilos shipped in a similar period of the year. last year. This increase in the value of shipments, despite the lower volume exported, is due to the best price recorded in the international market, which went from US$ 2.84 per kilogram on average between January and November 2022 to US$ 3.83 per kilo between January and November of this year, noticing an increase of +35%. The main market where fresh asparagus from Peru was digested in the period analyzed this year was the United States, which acquired it for US$ 223,251,000, observing a contraction of -7.62% compared to the US$ ...