페루 뿌리 insights

In May 2025, national potato production reached 1,664,416 tons, representing an increase of 8.8% compared to the same month in 2024. This growth is attributed to higher yields favored by suitable weather conditions, which allowed the maturation of this crop, highly demanded by families across the country. According to the Technical Report Peru: Departmental Economic Panorama from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), potato production increased in Puno (27.4%), Ayacucho (19.8%), Junín (7.2%), Huancavelica (6.9%), and Cusco (2.0%), regions that together accounted for 74.8% of the national total. Increases were also recorded in Piura (72.9%), Pasco (29.5%), Tacna (13.7%), Arequipa (13.1%), and Amazonas (7.0%). In contrast, declines were observed in Moquegua (-26.2%), Lima (-21.2%), Apurímac (-20.0%), La Libertad (-16.5%), Ancash (-3.3%), Cajamarca (-2.6%), and Huánuco (-1.1%).

Between January and June of this year, Peru exported 295,353 kilos of snack-type potatoes with a FOB value of US$ 1,281,275, according to a report by the consulting firm Agrodata. According to this source, the main destination for these shipments was Chile, where placements were achieved for US$ 382,349 (30% of total placements). Next was Colombia with US$ 315,481, the United States

BASF collaborates with local producers by applying technological solutions to control late blight, one of the main threats in potato fields