With more than 50%, Cajamarca and Junín lead the number of coffee exporting cooperatives.

(Agraria.pe) In Peru, there are 2,700 cooperatives, of which 49.4% belong to the agrarian sector, stated Santiago Paz López, the commercial manager of the Agrarian Cooperative Norandino. He detailed that, of the total agrarian cooperatives, between 150 and 170 are coffee cooperatives, of which 77 export. Similarly, between 80 and 100 are cocoa cooperatives, of which 39 export. Cajamarca and Junín lead in the number of coffee-exporting cooperatives with 26 and 19 each, accounting for 33.77% and 24.66% of the total, respectively. They are followed by Amazonas with 9, San Martín with 7, Cusco with 7, Pasco with 2, Puno with 2, Apurímac (1), Huánuco (1), Metropolitan Lima (1), Madre de Dios (1), and Piura (1). For its part, Junín leads in the number of ...