Peru's coffee exports will have reached over US$700 million by year-end, Agriculture and Irrigation Minister Juan Manuel Benites projected.
Coffee is a "flagship product" and top foodstuff allowing over 223,000 families in 17 regions and 68 provinces to generate income.
Junin, San Martin, Cajamarca, Cusco and Amazonas are Peru's largest producing regions, which spaces account for 86.68% of total coffee area.
Greatest productions —in terms of quality and volume— are registered in central jungle cities: Chanchamayo, Satipo (Junin) and Oxapampa (Pasco).
Besides, bean-related transactions generate over 54 million direct daily wages and five million indirect ones.
Peru remains one of the world's top-ten specialty coffee exporters.
Along with cocoa, it has become an alternative product to replace illegal coca crops in the north-eastern area of the country.
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Published: 7/6/2016