Peru: Quinoa shipments fall by 9.88% in value and by 1.56% in volume between January and September 2022

(Agraria.pe) From January to September 2022, Peruvian exports of quinoa totaled US$73,184,742, showing a contraction of -9.88% compared to the US$81,204,810 shipped in the same months of the previous year. This was reported by the Agrodata Peru portal, who pointed out that, in the first three quarters of this year, shipments of quinoa from Peru reached 37,351,305 kilos, registering a reduction of -1.56% compared to 37,941,767 kilos. shipped in a similar period of 2021. In the first nine months of 2022, the average price of quinoa in the international market amounted to US$1.96 per kilogram, when in similar months of the previous year the average price per kilogram was US$2.14. The United States is the main destination for quinoa from Peru between January and September of this year, with purchases for US$24,167,063, accounting for 33% of the total. Other important markets were: Canada with purchases for US$7,367,018 (participated with 10% of the total); Italy with US$4,216,399 (6% ...