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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.

This report outlines Peru’s regulatory requirements for food and agricultural product imports and updates and replaces the 2020 report. Agricultural imports into Peru have returned to a growing pace with respect 2020 and there are no significant trade issues.

Milk production in calendar year (CY) 2021 is estimated at 2.2 MMT, an increase of three percent compared to the previous year.

On February 2021, Peru extended the previous ten-year biotechnology moratorium for another fifteen years. Similar to the previous moratorium, Peru has yet to notify the measure to the World Trade Organization. In general, biotechnology remains misunderstood by the public in Peru.

On November 25, the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety confirmed the first on-farm case of avian influenza this fall.

This report includes information on the plant, animal, and microbial biotechnology situation in Austria. Austria continues to be one of the leading forces in Europe opposed to the use of agricultural biotechnology.

Grape exports are forecast to reach a record of 510,000 metric tons (MT) in marketing year (MY) 2021/2022, six percent higher than the previous year.

Peruvian ethanol production in 2021 is forecast at 215 million liters, approximately the same level compared to the previous year.

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

Peru’s food retail market is adapting to the economic hardships and realities arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Peru’s fruit exports have grown quickly during the last decade, rising from just $540 million in 2010 to $3.8 billion in 2020, with Peru ranking in the world’s top 10 fruit exporting countries since 2017.

After recent unsuccessful attempts to totally ban glyphosate, the Austrian parliament voted unanimously on a partial ban.