LIMA, Sept 15 (NNN-ANDINA) — Despite the weather events, Peruvian agricultural exports continue to conquer new markets. In the first seven months of this year (January-July), the sales of fruits and vegetables totaled US$2.723 billion, which represented an increase of 5.8%, the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) reported.
Likewise, in the first seven-month period of 2023, agro-exports reached US$4.825 billion, of which non-traditional ones amounted to US$4.547 billion.
The products that stood out the most in the non-traditional sector were avocados, whose sales totaled US$796 million and made up 17% of the total, as well as fresh grapes (US$664 million; 15%), fresh cranberries (US$222 million; 4.9%), fresh mangoes (US$207 million; 4.6%), and fresh or chilled asparagus (US$161 million; 3.5%).
Other products that stood out in said segment include animal feed, whose exports amounted to US$154 million and made up 3.4% of the total, as well as chilled mangoes (US$101 million; 2.2%), cacao beans (US$96 million; 2.1%), other fresh fruits (US$88 million; 1.9%), and other paprika (US$81 million; 1.8%).
The government agency stated that together these 10 products would account for 57% of the non-traditional exportable supply.
In addition, the United States, the Netherlands, Spain, Ecuador, Chile, China, Mexico, the UK, Colombia, and Canada made up the top 10 destination markets for Peruvian agricultural exports.
It should be pointed out that together they represented 78% of the total FOB value exported in the period of analysis.
On the other hand, Midagri revealed that agricultural exports totaled US$734 million in July.
The non-traditional products that contributed the most to the increase of agricultural exports included cacao butter (550%), chocolate and its preparations in blocks (786%), fresh or chilled asparagus (23%), melon seeds (351%), non-crushed and non-ground ginger (76%), other paprika (58%), cochineal carmine (90%), other cacao beans (40%), avocados (2.9%), among others. — NNN-ANDINA