{"id":236827,"date":"2023-09-15T09:13:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T01:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=236827"},"modified":"2023-09-15T09:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T01:13:22","slug":"peru-exports-of-fruits-and-vegetables-amount-to-us2-723-billion-up-5-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=236827","title":{"rendered":"Peru: Exports of fruits and vegetables amount to US$2.723 billion, up 5.8%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/portal.andina.pe\/EDPfotografia3\/Thumbnail\/2023\/06\/06\/000964398W.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LIMA, Sept 15 (NNN-ANDINA) &#8212; 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\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gob.pe\/midagri\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri)<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Likewise, in the first seven-month period of 2023,\u00a0<strong>agro-exports reached US$4.825 billion<\/strong>, of which\u00a0<strong>non-traditional ones amounted to US$4.547 billion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The products that stood out the most<\/strong>\u00a0in 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%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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%).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government agency stated that\u00a0<strong>together these 10 products would account for 57% of the non-traditional exportable supply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the United States, the Netherlands, Spain, Ecuador, Chile, China, Mexico, the UK, Colombia, and Canada made up the\u00a0<strong>top 10 destination markets for Peruvian agricultural exports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be pointed out that\u00a0<strong>together they represented 78% of the total FOB value exported in the period of analysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, Midagri revealed that\u00a0<strong>agricultural exports totaled US$734 million in July<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>non-traditional products that contributed the most to the increase of agricultural exports<\/strong>\u00a0included 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. &#8212; NNN-ANDINA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LIMA, Sept 15 (NNN-ANDINA) &#8212; 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\u00a0Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri)\u00a0reported. 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