Cocoa beans, quinoa and onion: The other stars of Peruvian agro-exports in 2024

Published Jun 12, 2024

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In 2024, Peru's agricultural exports have seen a notable increase compared to the previous year, with a focus on main products like grapes, blueberries, and avocados, and emerging exports such as cocoa beans, quinoa, and onions. Cocoa beans have experienced a significant surge, with a 152% increase in the first four months of the year, primarily exported to Malaysia. Quinoa exports have also risen by 45.4%, with the United States as the primary market. Fresh onion exports have grown by 30.4%, predominantly from Ica, with the United States and the United Kingdom as the main importers. The growth in these exports is supported by efforts to enhance the competitiveness of Peru's agricultural sector.

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(Agraria.pe) Fresh grapes, blueberries and avocados are the main agricultural products exported by Peru. So far in 2024, the sector shows greater dynamism compared to 2023. This result was also due to shipments of less popular products, but with potential, such as cocoa beans, quinoa and onion, highlights the Society of Foreign Trade of Peru (Comex Peru). CocoaPeruvian exports of cocoa beans totaled US$ 119 million in the first four months of the year, which meant an increase of +152% compared to the same period of the previous year. It is worth mentioning that, in 2023, shipments of this product to the world grew by +23.2% compared to 2022. Likewise, regarding the exported volume, it registered increases of 13.3% and 28.8%, respectively. Regarding the main destination countries, Malaysia led the ranking, receiving 22% of our exports. In addition, shipments to said market grew +68.5%, with an exported value of US$ 26.2 million in the period January-April 2024. Its price reached ...

Source: Agraria