totaled US$4.51 billion between January and April 2019, thus increasing 11% compared to the same period last year, the
informed Thursday.
According to CCL's Foreign Trade Center (CCEX), this outcome was due to greater non-traditional shipments.
Likewise, CCEX's Business Intelligence Department indicated that
non-traditional sector shipments registered a significant increase, reaching US$219 million (+57.7%).
The products, which stood out, were frozen squids and giant squids (US$65 million; +501%), avocados (US$9 million; 186%), as well as
blueberries (US$3 million; +152%).
Traditional products
On the other hand,
traditional sector exports increased 9.5%, totaling US$4.292 billion. This figure represents 42% of total shipments.
In this sense, copper ores (US$2.826 billion; +8%), fish flour (US$552 million; +164%), and iron ores (US$246 million; +39%) stood out.
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