*Colombia’s official export promotion agency, ProColombia, has reported that the country’s agri-food exports reached US$7.81bn in 2020, up 7% on 2019. ProColombia’s president,
Flavia Santoro, highlighted that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic appears not to have affected the sector, which expanded its markets last year by exporting to 166 different countries. Santoro attributed this to a growing global demand for the organically and sustainably produced agri-foods that Colombia has to offer. Noting that agri-food exports accounted for 53% of Colombia’s total non-mineral exports last year, Santoro said that the sector looks set to become one of the country’s main drivers of economic growth for years to come. “
Today we can say that Colombia is on its way to becoming a larder for the world, as the [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations] FAO has identified due to our arable land potential and the great variety of exportable offer; and other competitiveness factors such as the capacity for year-round production”, Santoro said.
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