Peru's non-traditional agricultural exports amounted to US$2.379 million in January-July this year, up 27% compared with the same period a year earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (Minagri) has recently announced.
According to a report from the General Directorate of Monitoring and Policy Evaluation (Dgesep) at Minagri, the positive performance recorded in the review period was driven by an greater demand of fresh avocados (US$253 million), grapes (US$233 million) and fresh asparagus (US$169 million).
Likewise, there were increases in exports of fresh mangoes (US$120 million), quinoa (US$91 million), animal food (US$85 million), prepared asparagus (US$$79 million), cocoa beans (US$$72 million), evaporated milk (US$70 million) and Cavendish Valery bananas (US$66 million).
Meanwhile, Peru's traditional agricultural exports in the period between January to July amounted to US$262 million, representing a 3.5% decrease over the same period in 2013, when the amount was US$272 million.
According to a Minagri's report, Peruvian agricultural products were exported to nearly 150 countries. The United States was the largest agricultural export market for Peru in the first seven months of the year, accounting for 27.3 percent of total exports.
The recently-released data show the U.S. was followed by the Netherlands (13.8 percent), Spain (5.7 percent), Germany (5.1 percent), Ecuador (4.8 percent) and England (3.9 percent). These five countries claimed over 60 percent of total traditional and non-traditional Peruvian agricultural exports.
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Published: 9/17/2014