Spain, Chile and Mexico, among the main destinations for agricultural exports from Peru

Published 2021년 4월 26일

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In the first two months of 2021, Peru's non-traditional agro-export sector saw a 13.5% increase in sales, generating a total of $1,303 million. This includes a significant rise in the export of avocados, fresh grapes, and blueberries, whereas onions and shallots experienced the highest increase. However, quinoa and asparagus saw a decrease in sales. The United States, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong were the primary markets, with Spain, Chile, and Mexico also showing notable increases. Non-traditional agricultural production in Peru totaled 757,384 tons, accounting for 17.6% of the country's total exports.

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Lima, (EFE) .- Spain, Chile and Mexico are among the main destinations for grapes, mangoes, blueberries and avocados from Peru, which became the star products of non-traditional agro-exports in the first two months of the year. Sales abroad of the non-traditional agro-export sector increased by 13.5% in last January and February, for a total of 1,303 million dollars, compared to the same two-month period last year, according to a report by the Peruvian Foreign Trade Society (Comex). Avocados or avocados registered an increase of 76%, with sales of 39 million dollars; fresh grapes rose 27%, with transactions for 509 million dollars; blueberries increased 25% with sales of 45 million dollars, and mangoes increased 3.5%, for 166 million dollars. Also, onions and shallots (a vegetable) were up 94%, with sales of $ 22 million; while quinoa and asparagus registered decreases in their sales, between 24% and 16% respectively, when reporting transactions for 14 million and 44 million ...

Source: Elperiodicodemexico