amounted to US$4.352 billion between January and August 2019, a 4.1% growth compared to the same period in 2018, the Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry (Minagri) has reported.
The top products were fresh and dried avocados; fresh grapes; unroasted and decaffeinated coffee; fresh asparagus; fresh mangoes; fresh blueberries; other citrus; fresh Cavendish Valery bananas; and raw cacao.
Altogether,
these products accounted for 54% of the total shipped goods, according to the report issued by Minagri.
For instance, during the first eight months of 2019, the export values of fresh and dried avocados totaled US$754 million (+13%), followed by those of fresh grapes (US$362 million; +18%), fresh asparagus (US$213 million; +5%), fresh blueberries (US$130 million; +21%), other citrus (US$120 million; +23%), and raw cacao (US$100 million; +14%), among others.