{"id":2058,"date":"2026-06-25T09:29:54","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2026-06-25T09:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T14:33:08","slug":"fruits-and-coffee-drive-perus-agricultural-exports-at-the-start-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/en\/fruits-and-coffee-drive-perus-agricultural-exports-at-the-start-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruits and Coffee Drive Peru\u2019s Agricultural Exports at the Start of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peru\u2019s agricultural exports continued to grow during the summer season. By March of this year, agricultural shipments abroad reached 3,055 million US dollars, an increase of 6.9% compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The growth was mainly driven by higher demand for fresh fruit and a recovery in coffee exports, strengthening Peru\u2019s position in global agricultural markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the total exported, non traditional products, which have higher added value, made up the largest share with 2,889 million US dollars, equal to 94.6% of the total. However, growth in this segment was more moderate at 5.4%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, traditional exports reached 166 million US dollars and grew 43%, mainly due to unroasted coffee, which totaled 147 million US dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Foto-1.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2060\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fresh fruit remains the main driver<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh fruit continued to lead Peru\u2019s agricultural export basket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh grapes were the top product with exports of 745 million US dollars, representing 25.8% of all non traditional agricultural exports. They were followed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fresh blueberries with 321 million US dollars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh mangoes with 256 million US dollars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avocados with 237 million US dollars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Several products also showed strong growth compared to the first quarter of 2025, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cocoa preparations, up 345.9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ethyl alcohol, up 99.6%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vegetable seeds, up 99.3%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Passion fruit juice, up 52.2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fresh blueberries, up 38.9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avocados, up 36.6%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main export markets continued to be concentrated in markets in the Americas and Europe. The United States and the Netherlands were the top buyers of Peruvian agricultural products. They were followed by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Spain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mexico<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ecuador<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Kingdom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Canada<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colombia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, these ten destinations accounted for 80.7% of total agricultural exports during the period.<br>The ministry highlighted that Peru continues expanding access to international markets and strengthening its position as a global supplier of fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March alone, agricultural exports reached 824 million US dollars, 6.2% higher than the 776 million US dollars recorded in the same month of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This performance led to an agricultural trade surplus of 1,368 million US dollars at the end of the quarter, 19.3% higher than the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry also noted that in 2025, Peru\u2019s agricultural exports exceeded 15,000 million US dollars and reached more than 150 markets worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agronline.pe\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.agronline.pe\/\">Agronline<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peru\u2019s agricultural exports continued to grow during the summer season. By March of this year, agricultural shipments abroad reached 3,055 million US dollars, an increase of 6.9% compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation. The growth was mainly driven by higher demand for fresh fruit and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[1223],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-perishable-transport","tag-perishable-transport"],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":2058},"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2065,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions\/2065"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ifssac.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}