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For calendar year (CY) 2022, Post forecasts pulses area harvested will increase by 3 percent and production will total 295,000 metric tons (MT) as a response to high international prices and shorter supply. Post estimates CY 2022 pulse imports to decrease to 40,000 MT due to higher domestic production, higher pulse prices, existing stocks, higher freight costs, and a strong U.S. dollar.

Throughout mid 2021 to early 2022, FAS Lima conducted twelve activities under the "Eat More Pulses" campaign to promote consumption of pulses nationwide. The goal of the campaign is to expand the Peruvian market for pulses.

Peru’s Congress has approved a law to extend the ongoing ten year moratorium to fifteen years.

Peru’s grape production and exports continued to grow during 2020, despite the economic recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peruvian ethanol production in 2020 is forecast at 170 million liters, a slight reduction from 173 million liters from the previous year.

This report outlines Peru’s regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports and updates and replaces the 2019 report.

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.

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

Latin America accounts for about 25 percent of global corn imports . The region’s corn demand for imported corn has grown steadily over the years supported by expansion in the livestock sector...

Peru’s Fisheries Sanitary Agency (SANIPES) grants temporary access to imported fish and seafood for reprocessing.

Peru’s food processing industry is a dynamic sector of the national economy. The food industry in Peru accounts for almost 24 percent of the industrial GDP and 2019 sales reached $12.4 billion.

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