Peru with potential to export more ginger and turmeric
Whole Ginger
Turmeric
Vegetables
Peru
Published Jun 2, 2023
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With the strengthening of production chains and an investment-promoting environment, Peru could capitalize on the world demand for nutritious foods, which at this juncture prioritizes some such as kion and turmeric, said the director of the Global Economy and Business Research Center from the CIEN-ADEX Exporters Association, Edgar Vásquez Vela, at the 'III Ginger Week', held in Pichanaqui (Junín). He commented that the country has great potential to continue exporting them. "The world asks for them and our companies could satisfy the request not only for fresh products, but with added value," he said. Last year, Peru shipped fresh kion abroad for US$69,249,000 and imported it for US$1,402,000, especially juice, powder, preserves, infusions, flavorings, and others, from the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Argentina and Spain. In the case of turmeric, shipments were for US$3,960,000 (fresh), and it was imported for US$133,494 from India, China, the US and Spain. "In Peru they are ...
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