Pork imports by Peru contract 12.10% in volume during January-August 2021

(Agraria.pe) From January to August of this year, the import of pork meat by Peru reached 4,368,364 kilos, showing a reduction -12.10% compared to the 4,971,390 kilos imported in the same period of 2020. This was reported by the Peruvian Association of Pork Producers (Asoporci), who also pointed out that what was imported in the first eight months of 2021 meant a contraction of -34.57% compared to the 6,676,623 kilos imported in the same months of 2019. He highlighted that the main supplying countries of pork to Peru during the period January - August of this year were the United States, Chile, Canada and Spain. For months, the pork union detailed that in the first 8 months of this year, imports of pork meat behaved as follows: January 180,161 kilos (148,600 kilos in the same month of 2020); February 315,600 kilos (653,310 kilos in the same month of the previous year); March 695,620 kilos (1,266,690 kilos); April 941,345 kilos (1,310,500 kilos); May 777,248 kilos (707,310 kilos); ...