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Cane sugar production for MY (May/April) 2015 is forecast at 1.24 MMT, up from 1.22 MMT in MY2014.

The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) has led to record food and agricultural product exports for both countries.

On March 14, 2015, Peru’s Ministry of the Environment announced a fine structure for any company in non-compliance with the 10 year moratorium on genetically modified organisms.

Shrimp exports from Peru are estimated at 18, 000 MT in CY 2015, a six-fold increase from 2003 due to strong export demand.

Peru’s food processing industry is a dynamic sector of the national economy.

FAS Lima coordinated on October 23 an FDA briefing on Tartrazine for Congressman Freddie Sarmiento and the consumer defense committee.

Peru’s retail food sales in calendar year (CY) 2013 reached $20 billion, $4 billion (or 20 percent) of which were in supermarket sales (up 10 percent compared to 2012).

Peru in 2014 was awarded for the second year in a row the distinction of being named by the World Travel Awards as the best gastronomic destination in the world.

Dr. Alberto Maurer appointed as the new Director of the National Institute for Agricultural Investigation (INIA).

Cocoa production in Peru is estimated to reach 70,000 MT in CY 2014, increasing 5 percent compared to CY 2013.

FAS Lima coordinated with the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Regional Latin America Office a food additives training seminar for FDA’s Peruvian counterpart DIGESA.

Grape production in Peru continues booming, driven by strong demand from international markets, and is now expected at 500,000 MT in 2014.