Liberty has evidenced a 15% growth in exports in the first two months of 2023, a little more compared to these months of 2022, according to the figures provided by according to information published by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur).
Furthermore, in this report Mincetur It is noted that, at the national level, non-traditional agricultural exports grew 12% in the first two months of 2023, due to the increased sale of fruit (14%), with the main destinations of agricultural products being the USA (35% of the total). and the European Union (27%).
In this sector, the higher sales of fresh avocado (35.4%), fresh blueberry (25.3%) and fresh grape (23.9%). In vegetables, canned asparagus exports predominated (32.7%) thanks to the greater supply (21.4%). These figures are used by the La Libertad Chamber of Commerce to carry out regional technical monitoring, especially having two strengths such as agro-exports and mining that have managed to boost the economy of this region.
“La Libertad must have a strategic look to the future, this considerable growth has been achieved in terms of agricultural exports, beyond the effects that the heat and the rainy in terms of crops. In addition, we have to see that this growth could have been a little more, taking into account that we are talking about the first two-month period in which there were social conflicts, but that will result in the figures later on,” the dean of the College of Economists told La República. of La Libertad, Francisco Huertas.
Meanwhile, the non-traditional country’s fishing exports totaled US$ 361 million (22% more than the same period of the previous year) in the first two months of 2023 and here the increased sale of frozen squid stood out (187%), due to a higher volume (153%) and price (13.6%). Likewise, exports of seaweed grew (101.9%), followed by canned fish (18.4%).
On the other hand, the value exported in the non-metallic mining (83%), metal-mechanic (11%), textile (7%), and fishing (3%), among others, also grew. Here the sales of anthracite (191%) and natural calcium phosphate (94%) stood out.
Source: Larepublica
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