The agro-export sector was one of the key engines of the Peruvian economy in 2021

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Published Jan 7, 2022

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Midagri pointed out that the main agricultural exports are blueberries, grapes and avocados, which exceeded US $ 1 billion in shipments. The Peruvian agro-export sector would have closed in 2021 with sales of more than US $ 9 million in 2021, reported the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri). The projected figure is 15% higher than that reported in 2020, the main shipments being fruits, which would have exceeded US $ 4.5 billion.

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Given the advancement of the sector in 2021, Midagri considers that agro-exports were one of the main drivers of Peru last year. “Agro-exports were one of the key engines of the Peruvian economy in 2021, as certain products that began to gain markets were consolidated, allowing the regional diversification of exports from all over the country to continue, and not only from large ones. companies from Ica, La Libertad or Lambayeque, but producers from other regions joined the agro-export boom ”, explained the director of Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation of Policies of Midagri, Christian Garay. Within the group of products most in demand are blueberries, fresh grapes and avocados. "The stars are fruits, like blueberries, fresh grapes and avocados, which exceeded $ 1 billion in exports in 2021," Garay said. The Midagri representative said that the other Peruvian agricultural products that continue to be in demand in the international market are asparagus, coffee and mangoes, ...

Source: Agroexportaciones