Peru exported cocoa for more than $1500 million, driven by the global appreciation by 2025.

Peruvian cocoa is going through a period of almost two years of accelerated growth, driven by a reorganization of global production due to the effects on African crops. The year 2025 closed with a record export, reaching $1,510 million, which represented a growth of 22%. Thus, the product is established as one of the great engines of the export basket, although with a different logic than the traditional "by volume" cycles. Its performance increasingly depends on how much the international market pays and how efficiently producers and marketers manage to capture that valorization, according to Fresh Fruit. The clearest sign is in the price. After the 128% jump recorded in 2024, 2025 did not return the market to normality: the price still rose 12% to $8.88/kg. That context explains the record and, at the same time, opens the discussion for 2026: a market that begins to adjust, with more sensitive demand, inventories that are replenished and an offer in West Africa that alternates ...