Colombia: Agricultural exports reach USD 3,181 million in the first five months of the year

Published 2020년 8월 1일

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Despite the pandemic and social isolation, Colombia's agricultural exports reached USD 3,181 million in the first five months of the year. However, the external sales of the agricultural and food sector saw a 2.1% drop. Despite this, fresh fruits such as mangoes, avocados, and oranges, as well as beef, canned fish, coffee extracts, malt extract, soybean oil, and sugar saw significant increases in exports. The manufacturing sector also saw an increase in exports of vehicle bodies, electrical transformers, paper and cardboard products, seats, and bitumen, among others.

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By Redacción PortalPortuario.cl, @PortalPortuario, Agricultural exports made from Colombia reached USD 3,181 million during the first five months of the current year., In the midst of a pandemic and amid circumstances such as a fall in external demand and social isolation , several products from the agricultural and manufacturing sectors continue to increase their exports to the world., Although the external sales of the agricultural and food sector registered a 2.1% drop in the analyzed period, several products registered important increases., An analysis The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism noted that, for example, fresh fruits such as mangoes increased their exports by 76%, those of avocado grew 29.3% and those of oranges grew by 4.5%., To these fruits other products such as fresh or frozen beef were added, whose external sales so far this year grew 79.5%; those of canned fish, which increased 46.7%; coffee extracts and concentrates, which increased 12.9%; malt ...

Source: CLPortalportuario