Peru, the center of origin and world producer of organic cocoa

For the twelfth consecutive year, Peru commemorates this October 1st, "Cocoa and Chocolate Day", an important commercial platform to highlight cocoa, as an original product with wide genetic diversity from the Peruvian Amazon. Peruvian cocoa is a center of origin and recognized worldwide for its natural characteristics, fine flavor and aroma. Peru is considered one of the main world producers and exporters of cocoa, with the main markets being the Netherlands, Indonesia, Mexico, Malaysia, the USA, Italy, Spain, Germany, among others. Peru appears as the third world exporter of organic cocoa only behind Mexico and Indonesia, and is one of the ten cocoa producing and exporting nations in the world. Furthermore, Peru has great genetic diversity. There are native cocoas, such as white cocoa from Piura, pure national cocoa from San Ignacio, Marañón cocoa from Jaén, chuncho cocoa from Cusco, mountain cocoa from Junín, recognized as fine cocoas, among others, all with high commercial and ...