Peruvian fruit exports to Argentina grew in value 188% in 2020

(Agraria.pe) Argentina imported US $ 382 million in fruit during 2020, showing a growth of 33% compared to the previous year. Of that total, US $ 1.3 million, 1.40%, was provided by Peru. This value was 188% higher than that observed during 2019. With this, Peruvian fruit recovered from a strong setback in its growth generated the previous year, when the value of exports to this destination fell 46%. Despite this growth, Peru was surpassed by Colombia in the supplier ranking, moving to number 9. The star product in this destination was avocado, with 674 tons in volume worth US $ 983 thousand (11% of all that Argentina imports of this product). This represented a growth of 702% in volume and 770% in the total exported value compared to 2019, setting a record for this fruit. In addition, the price of avocados grew by 8% compared to the previous year, reaching a price of US $ 1.46 per kilogram. These results in 2020 position Peru as the second supplier of avocado to Argentina, being ...