Agricultural exports start the year with positive figures. Last January, they registered sales of US$ 745 million, which represented an increase of 14% compared to sales obtained during the same month in 2021, according to the report. Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI).
In the first month of the year, agro-exports of traditional products represented 12%while the non-traditional, the remaining 88%.
For example, traditional agricultural exports totaled US$90 million, a figure that meant an increase of 238% compared to what was registered in January 2021, due to the higher registered exports of unroasted coffee (US$87 million), whose sales increased by 267%. Only the export of unroasted coffee represented 98% of traditional agro-exports in that month.
Meanwhile, non-traditional exports in January totaled US$655 million, a figure 4.4% higher than that observed in 2021. The main products in the agro-export ranking were: fresh grapes, for US$300 million (46% of non-traditional agro-exports); fresh mangoes, for US$ 71 million (eleven%); blueberries, for US$52 million (8%), and asparagus, for US$22 million (3.3%), as well as preparations used in animal feed, for US$14 million (2.2%).
Frozen mango placements also stood out, for US$ 14 million (2.1%); bananas, including fresh cavendish valery, for US$10 million (1.5%); fresh avocado, for US$ 9.0 million (1.4%); onion and shallots, for US$6.5 million (1.0%), and other fruits, for US$6.4 million (1.0%). These 10 products together would concentrate 77% of the non-traditional exportable supply.
In addition, the products that contributed the most to growth in January were: blueberries (+85% growth), fresh grapes (+6.2%), preparations used for animal feed (+53%), other fruits without cooked (+62%), tara seed mucilages (+150%), prepared or preserved mangoes (+163%), frozen asparagus (+60%), carded or combed alpaca or llama fine hair (+24% ), among the main
The products with the highest demand and with the highest exports in that month were fruits and vegetableswhose sales reached US$519 million FOB (79% of non-traditional agricultural exports), a figure that meant an increase of 4.5% compared to 2021.
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On the other hand, Top 10 destination countries for agricultural exports Peruvians were the United States, Holland, Hong Kong, China, Ecuador, Germany, Spain, Canada, South Korea and Belgium. This group concentrated 78% of the total FOB value exported last year.
In the same way, the agricultural trade balance registered a surplus of US$ 229 million, figure higher by 6.7% compared to the amount obtained in January of last year, due to the greater increase in dollars of agricultural exports (US$ 90 million increase compared to 2021) compared to the increase in agricultural imports (US$ 76 million increase compared to 2021).
The projection of the agricultural sector is to close this year reaching US$ 10,000 million in exports.
Source: Larepublica
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