Peru: Food Processing Ingredients

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   PE2021-0010

Peru’s food processing industry is a dynamic sector of the national economy. The food industry in Peru accounts for almost 28 percent of the industrial gross domestic product and gross value added in 2020 was $9.4 billion. U.S.-origin food processing ingredient exports to Peru reached $174 million in 2020.

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