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Peru: On the way to the record, agro-exports totaled US$ 535 million in May

Peru
Published Jul 7, 2021

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If compared with the same month of 2019 -pre-pandemic level-, agricultural shipments grew 26%.

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Peruvian exports totaled US $ 4,006 million in May, that is, double what was registered in the same period of 2020 (due to a low statistical base), and it was 11.6% more than the same period of 2019 09 (precovid-19 level). This expansion corresponds to higher sales of traditional products (US $ 2,765 million) and non-traditional products (US $ 1,241 million). On the traditional side, mining shipments stood out with shipments for US $ 2.508 million. Meanwhile, the sector that stood out on the non-traditional side - with the highest added value - is agro-exports. In May, agricultural exports (non-traditional) totaled US $ 535 million, 29.1% above the same period of the previous year, registering its tenth consecutive month in positive territory. It must be remembered that this is one of the activities least hit by the pandemic. If compared to the same month in 2019 -pre-pandemic level-, agricultural shipments grew 26%. "The export of agricultural products, which represents 17% of ...
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