Peru loses its largest foreign buyer of evaporated milk

(Agraria.pe) In 2020, Haiti imported from Peru evaporated milk worth US$43,520,426, consolidating itself as the main buyer of this national product abroad (50% of the total placements of our country in that anus). However, the panorama has changed drastically: from 2021 and until the first two months of 2022, no more purchases of Peruvian origin are recorded for this product. This has meant that the total exports of Peruvian evaporated milk are greatly reduced, according to a report by Agrodata Peru. In this way, while in 2020 shipments to all destinations abroad totaled US$87 million, in 2021 they fell significantly to US$23 million. And in the first two months of 2022 they add up to just US$ 2.2 million. The source refers that the change would be a consequence of the discrepancy that exists on the composition of the product. In this way, between January and February of this year, the Dominican Republic became the main importer of Peruvian evaporated milk with purchases for US$ ...