13:39 | Lima, Aug. 26 (ANDINA).
Agricultural exports from Peru amounted to US$ 1,71 billion during the first half of the year, Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) has reported.
The sector's Office of Statistical and Economic Studies (OEEE) explained that there was an increase in shipments of undenatured ethyl alcohol (28,000 tons), fresh avocados (16,000 tons), fresh mangoes (16,000 tons), sugar (11,000 tons), bananas (7,000 tons), frozen mango (7,000 tons).
Meanwhile, non-traditional agricultural exports totaled US$ 1.53 billion, representing a 5.2 percent volume growth of exports in 2012 (US$ 1.46 billion) and accounting for 89.58 percent of total exports.
This performance was due to higher sales of asparagus in its three types: fresh, canned and frozen, which increased by 14.27 percent (US$ 28 million), while mangoes grew by 9.27 percent (US$ 12 million), fresh grapes by 8.83 per cent (US$ 10 million) and fresh avocado by 17.83 percent (US$ 15 million).
The main export market for Peruvian agricultural exports were United States which accounted for 24.2 percent of the total
It was followed by the Netherlands with 15.05 percent, Spain (6.34 percent), Ecuador (5.50 percent), Germany (4.99 percent ) and Colombia (4.34 percent), which all together accounted for 60.46 percent of total exports.
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Published: 8/26/2013