One-third of Peru’s ag export value goes to the U.S.

Peruvian agricultural exports totaled $6.8 billion between January and September of this year, reflecting an increase of 19 percent compared to last year, while traditional shipments alone totaled...

By Marco Campos
November 22, 2022

Peruvian agricultural exports totaled $6.8 billion between January and September of this year, reflecting an increase of 19 percent compared to last year, while traditional shipments alone totaled $908 million reflecting an increase of 122.6 percent, as reported by Agraria, using figures from the Foreign Trade Society of Peru (Comex).

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Agricultural and/or agro-industrial products (non-traditional)

According to Comex Peru, the main agricultural products shipped from January to September 2022 were fresh avocados for $912 million (-9.4%); fresh blueberries, $772 million (+30.2%); fresh grapes, $594 million (+12.9%); fresh or chilled asparagus, $240 million (-11.2%); and fresh mangoes, $207 million.

The largest destinations were the U.S. with $2.044 billion (+19.4%), 35% of the total; The Netherlands, $878 million (-3.7%), 15% of the total; Spain, $375 million (-2.6%), 6% of the total; Ecuador, $300 million (+45.9%), 5% of the total; Chile, $274 million (-1.5%), 5% of the total; and China, $258 million (+66.3%).

Marco Campos is Media Coordinator, Latin America for Blue Book Services

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