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Quinoa: larger crop in Peru

October 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM , Der AUDITOR
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LIMA. Favourable weather conditions and larger acreages led to an increase in quinoa production in Peru this year. In some regions, the crop was 85-90% larger than last year.

110,000 mt expected

In southern Peru, the drought last year meant that quinoa production in the growing areas was lower. Persistent rainfall during the harvest period is also said to have affected the quality last year, while pests were also a problem. Nationwide, the crop totalled 70,336 mt. Larger acreages and a more favourable weather created better conditions this year. Overall, the quinoa crop in Peru is expected to reach 110,000 mt in 2024, with the result in the Puno, Ayacucho and Junín growing regions expected to increase by a whopping 85-90% year-on-year, according to the experts at Chelmer Foods.

Quinoa prices have declined on the Indian market. While they were still at USD 918/mt FOB India last week, they are currently trading at USD 871/mt FOB.

EU has increased imports by almost a third

In the first three and a half months of the 2024/2025 season (1 July to 15 October 2024), a total of 6,194 mt of quinoa was imported into the EU from third countries, representing a year-on-year increase of 30.7%. Shipments from Peru rose by 47.7% to 3,017 mt and shipments from India also increased by 851.2% to 409 mt, while imports from Bolivia fell by 5.8% to 2,433 mt. The main importers in the EU were Germany (+8.5% to 1,280 mt), the Netherlands (+33.5% to 1,060 mt) and Spain (+130.4% to 993 mt).

EU quinoa imports, in mt

Supplier

2023

2024

Diff.

Peru

2,043

3,017

47.7%

Bolivia

2,583

2,433

-5.8%

India

43

409

851.2%

Morocco

0

294

n/a

Canada

0,016

20

99,900.0%

Others

71

21

-70.4%

Total

4,740

6,194

30.7%

DG AGRI TAXUD Customs Surveillance System, 01/07-15/10 
10085000 Quinoa, “Chenopodium, quinoa”

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