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Peru’s Agro-Exports Top $15 Billion as Growth Carries Into 2026

Policymakers are stepping up export promotion and training, with experts warning heavy reliance on a few crops and weak public research and health agencies could undermine long-term resilience.

Agroexportaciones se consolidan en Arequipa para diferentes mercados.
Agroexportaciones de frutas y hortalizas crecieron 17.3
Inauguración del AgroFest 2026. (Foto: Hugo Perez / GEC).
Agroexportación en Piura siente castigo de Trump

Overview

  • Peruvian agro-exports exceeded US$15 billion in 2025, marking an 18.3% rise from 2024 and completing 13 consecutive years of growth.
  • The sector kept expanding in early 2026, with agro-exports up 7.3% in the first four months driven by avocados, blueberries, grapes and coffee.
  • About 81% of these exports come from Peru’s interior regions, and roughly 65% go to the United States and the European Union, concentrating both jobs and market risk.
  • Experts say Peru must broaden its crop mix and boost the capacity of the Instituto Nacional de Innovación Agraria (INIA) and SENASA because developing and commercializing new varieties can take up to nine years and usually requires large private investment.
  • The government’s Mincetur and PromPerú programs, including the Ruta Productiva Exportadora, are offering promotion, training and technical assistance to more than 600 organizations across 22 regions while specialists propose region-specific crops and expanded berry production to spread benefits and reduce concentration risk.