ADEX: Peruvian agro-exports fell -2.8% between January and July

(Agraria.pe) In the January-July 2020 period, Peruvian agricultural exports totaled US $ 3,483,116,950, registering a -2.8% drop compared to what was registered in the same months of the previous year (US $ 3,584,833,428), reported the manager of Agroexports of the Association of Exporters (ADEX), Susana Yturry. Primary agricultural shipments The result was due to the negative behavior of agricultural primary shipments that in the first seven months of the year reached US $ 192,842,000, showing a reduction of -26.2% compared to what was obtained in the same period of 2019 (US $ 261,330 .151). These shipments represented 5.5% of the total agro-exports. He explained that his main item, coffee, still faces the effects of rust and saw its shipments drop by -14.7% (January-July). In this regard, the president of the Coffee and Cocoa Committee of ADEX, Félix Marín Ludeña, considered urgent the approval of the protocols for the importation of seeds of the Arabica variety - in charge of ...