According to the Agrodata Peru website, in the first five months of the year, Peruvian fresh onion exports totaled US $15,539,381, i.e. 70% more than the US $9,144,852 achieved in the same period of 2017.
From January to May of 2018 Peru shipped 47,610,848 kilos of fresh onions, i.e. 52.7% more than the 31,169,496 kilos it shipped in the same period of last year.
In January shipments amounted to US $10,665,291 (29,466,337 kilos), in February to US $2,792,041 (8,440,328 kilos), in March to US $1,078,289 (4,378,258) kilos, in April to US $424,469 (2,108,451 kilos), and in May to US $579,291 (3,217,474 kilos).
The main destination market was the United States, which made purchases for US $8,391,266 (i.e. 54% of the total). It was followed by Spain, with US $4,040,239 (26% of the shipments), Colombia with US $2,334,000 (15% of the total), Chile with 3%, and the Netherlands with 2%.
Source: agraria.pe