Peruvian turkey exports increased, reaching $3 million

Turkey, a product that is the protagonist of a long tradition in Christmas and New Year's dinners, registered shipments abroad for $ 2 million 730 thousand between January and October 2024. This represented a growth of 38.2% compared to the same period last year ($ 1 million 975 thousand), according to the Agroexports Management of the Association of Exporters (ADEX). According to figures from the ADEX Data Trade Commercial Intelligence System, Ecuador led the ranking of destinations for this product (90.3% share) with a demand for $ 2 million 469 thousand and an increase of 25.2% compared to 2023 ($ 1 million 973 thousand between January and October). It should be noted that this neighboring country, whose annual per capita consumption of turkey meat is 1.07 kg, has promoted its poultry industry in recent years, now producing turkey genetics for fattening, which led it to reduce its imports from some of its suppliers. The second destination was Bolivia ($200 thousand) which ...