Exports of Peruvian chocolate, including bars for hot chocolate, which is so popular during Christmas and New Year's Eve festivities, totaled more than US$73,119,000 between January and October, up 75% over the same period in 2022 (US$41,702,000), the
Peruvian Exporters Association (Adex) reported.
According to ADEX Agro-exports Manager Claudia Solano, these products, which contain different percentages of cacao, were shipped in bar and tablet forms, and with fillings.
"Chocolate bar sales (US$35,783 between January and October 2023) saw an increase of 12.1% compared to the same period in 2022 and landed in countries such as the United States, Japan, Chile, Aruba, Zambia, and Switzerland," she explained.
Likewise, Peru exported conventional and organic chocolate. The former (US$54,976,000) represented 75% of the total, while the organic ones (US$18,142,000) the remaining 25%.
Conventional ones, which posted an increase of 131%, contain dehydrated fruits such as mango, pineapple, aguaymanto, orange, star fruit, blueberries, as well as cañihua, kiwicha, mint, cinnamon, maras salt, quinoa crunch, in addition to nuts such as almonds and raisins.
As for shipments of organic chocolate, they witnessed 2% growth.
It should be pointed out that Peruvian chocolate is widely used in the preparation of desserts.
Destinations
According to figures from the Adex Data Trade Commercial Intelligence System, the top destinations for Peruvian chocolate (conventional and organic) include the United States (US$43,619,000), which accounted for 60% of total exports and posted an increase of 103%.
The second and third places were occupied by the United Kingdom (US$6,997,000) and Canada (US$4,883,000).
Completing the top ten were Bolivia, Chile, Australia, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa.
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Publicado: 27/12/2023