The Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) reported that agro -exports reached at the end of 2024 a record of US $ 12,798 million in sales, which represented an increase of 21.4% compared to the same period of the previous year. Only in fruit and vegetable offices, transactions added more than US $ 7,628 million.
In December 2024, the Commercial balance From the agricultural sector it showed a surplus of US $ 6,483 million, a figure that shows an increase of 50.7% and that is attributed mainly to the remarkable FOB dollars of agricultural exports, which in turn experienced an increase of US $ 2,253 million in Relationship with the year 2023.
What products led agro -exports in 2024?
He Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri) He announced that traditional agrarian exports reached a total of US $ 1,230 million, representing a 26.8% increase compared to what was reported in 2023. This growth is mainly due to the increase in coffee shipments without toast and without decaffeinating, which added US $ 1,101 million, as well as sales of other cane sugars, which totaled US $ 52 million, with rises of 33.1% and 284.4%, respectively.
In the case of Non -traditional agro -exportsthese reached a total of US $ 11,567 million, that is, 20.8% more compared to 2023. The most prominent products in the agro -export ranking were:
- Fresh blueberries With US $ 2,270 million (19.6% participation)
- Fresh grapes with US $ 1,705 million (14.7%)
- Paltas with US $ 1,248 million (10.8%)
- Cocoa in raw grain with US $ 740 million (6.4%)
- Fresh asparagus with US $ 407 million (3.5%)
- Fresh mangoes with US $ 317 million (2.7%)
- Other citrus fruits with US $ 255 million (2.2%)
- Animal food with US $ 225 million (1.9%)
- Quinoa with US $ 133 million (1.2%)
- Paprika without crushing or spraying with US $ 130 million (1.1%)
Agroexportations in Peru: What were the main destinations?
The ten main recipient countries of the Agricultural exports from Peru were: United States, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, Chile, Mexico, Ecuador, Germany, China and Canada. This set of nations represented 77.1% of the total FOB value exported during the analyzed period.
According to Midagri, the products that promoted the increase in exports during 2024 were: fresh blueberries (+35.4%), raw grain cocoa (+237.1%), avocados (+29.5%), without toast and decaffeinar coffee (+33.1%), cocoa butter with acidity greater than 1.65%(+780.2%), other citrus (+48.8%), fresh mangoes (+24.4%) , roasted grain cocoa (+909.5%), cocoa butter with acidity of 1%(+299.3%), among others.
It is worth mentioning that, in 2024, exports of fruits and vegetables exceeded US $ 7,628 million, representing 62.8% of non -traditional agro -exports until December 2024, which implies an increase of 17.1% compared to 2023.
Source: Larepublica
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