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Peru farming exports up 14% in July 2017

Sector agropecuario

Sector agropecuario

08:00 | Lima, Sep. 11.

Peruvian farming sales totaled US$424 million in July this year, up 14% from the same month in 2016, Central Reserve Bank (BCR) informed.

Such increase was driven by an 18% rise in prices, a positive growth trajectory recorded since August 2016.


Top export destinations were the United States (18.7%), Spain (31.7%), the UK (13.3%), Ecuador (29.2%) and China (185%).

As per regions, the greatest demand came from Asia (84%), North America (18.4%) and the European Union (7.2%).

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Published: 9/11/2017