Peruvian agro-exports grow 1.5% in the first four months of the year

Published 2020년 6월 15일

Tridge summary

In the first four months of 2020, Peru's agro-exports saw a slight increase of 1.5%, totaling US $ 1,973,647,000, despite traditional agricultural shipments, such as coffee, experiencing a 36% drop. Non-traditional exports, including fruits and other agricultural products, saw a 3.9% increase. The United States was the leading destination for these exports, followed by the Netherlands and Hong Kong. However, in April, agro-exports saw a 20% decrease, reaching only US $ 325,287,000, and were exported to 82 markets, a 25% reduction compared to the previous year. Some markets, like India and Switzerland, no longer received Peruvian exports, and there was a reduction in shipments to the United States, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Spain, China, and the United Kingdom. The exports of traditional agriculture also continued to decline, while non-traditional agriculture experienced fluctuating growth.

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(Agaria.pe) In the first four months of the year, total agro-exports (traditional and non-traditional) totaled US $ 1,973,647,000, showing a growth of 1.5% compared to the US $ 1,944,302,000 achieved in the same period of 2019. This was reported by the Exporters Association (ADEX), who indicated that this increase is based on the positive figures achieved in the first two months of 2020. He explained that in the first four months of 2020, traditional agricultural shipments amounted to US $ 75,207 .000 registering a drop of 36% compared to that obtained in the same period of the previous year. The most demanded product in this subsector was coffee (-26.3%), followed by refined cane or beet sugars. For its part, agro-industrial and / or agricultural (non-traditional) shipments reached US $ 1,898,440,000 from January to April of this year, observing an increase of 3.9% compared to what was achieved in similar months of 2019. It highlighted the behavior of fruits that represented ...

Source: Agraria