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FAS Lima forecasts Peruvian mandarin/tangerine production at 545,000 metric tons (MT) for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 (March 2024 to February 2025), a decrease of one percent compared to the previous year.

Peru is the second largest export market for U.S. agricultural products in South America. U.S.-origin food and agricultural product exports to Peru benefit significantly from the U.S. - Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA).

This report identifies Peru’s import requirements for (foreign) export certificates. Current procedures are highlighted and relevant agencies with oversight of these issues are identified.

This report outlines Peru’s regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports and updates and replaces the 2022 report.

Peru continues to enforce the extended biotechnology moratorium. In February 2021, Peru extended the previous ten-year biotechnology moratorium for another fifteen years. Similar to the previous moratorium, Peru has yet to notify the measure to the...

Milk production in calendar year (CY) 2021 is estimated at 2.2 MMT, an increase of three percent compared to the previous year.

On February 2021, Peru extended the previous ten-year biotechnology moratorium for another fifteen years. Similar to the previous moratorium, Peru has yet to notify the measure to the World Trade Organization. In general, biotechnology remains misunderstood by the public in Peru.

Grape exports are forecast to reach a record of 510,000 metric tons (MT) in marketing year (MY) 2021/2022, six percent higher than the previous year.

Peruvian ethanol production in 2021 is forecast at 215 million liters, approximately the same level compared to the previous year.

Peru is an internationally recognized gastronomic hub with opportunities for imported complementary food products.

Peru’s food retail market is adapting to the economic hardships and realities arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Peru’s fruit exports have grown quickly during the last decade, rising from just $540 million in 2010 to $3.8 billion in 2020, with Peru ranking in the world’s top 10 fruit exporting countries since 2017.