The southern department of Ica accounted for 86.3% of the national grape production in the first month of this year.
Grape production in Peru reached 250,966 tons in January of this year, 10.8% higher than the same month in 2024, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) reported today.
He said this increase was favored by favorable thermal conditions that allowed for the rejuvenation and fertilization of this fruit, destined for the foreign market and agribusiness.
He also detailed that in January, the department of Ica was the main grape producer, accounting for 86.3% of the national production, with a 9.5% growth compared to the same month in 2024.
In its technical report, "Peru: Departmental Economic Overview," the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEI), which provides information on the production of grapes, also recorded increases in Lambayeque (1,150%), Piura (900%), Ancash (21.5%), and Arequipa (6.7%), while decreases occurred in Tacna (-88.3%), Moquegua (-51.1%), San Martín (-45.9%), La Libertad (-25%), and Cajamarca (-20.5%).
MANGO PRODUCTION
The INEI also indicated that during January 2025, the main mango-producing departments were Lambayeque and Piura, both accounting for 93% of the total produced, increasing by 727% and 725%, respectively, compared to the same month in 2024.
Mango production also increased in Tumbes (617.4%), Arequipa (268.3%), Ancash (178.7%), Ica (145%), San Martín (79.9%), Apurímac (64.8%), and Cajamarca (27%), among others. However, it decreased in Pasco (-52.7%), Ayacucho (-39.6%), Amazonas (-31%), and Moquegua (-12.3%).
Production of this fruit in the first month of the year, destined for the foreign market and agribusiness, reached 196,297 tons nationwide, expanding by 532.2% compared to January 2024. This was influenced by the favorable temperatures in the northern agricultural regions, which favored the harvest of this crop.
POTATO PRODUCTION
In the first month of this year, compared to the same period in 2024, potato production increased in Huánuco (58.5%), the nation's leading producer; also in Ayacucho (109.2%), Cusco (5.9%), and Arequipa (1.6%), together contributing 63.3% of the national total.
Additionally, positive results were posted in Amazonas (156.3%), Ica (36.2%), Áncash (9.9%), and Moquegua (3.9%). However, declines occurred in Apurímac (-80.2%), Piura (-48.7%), La Libertad (-36.4%), Lima (-22.9%), and Cajamarca (-20%), among others.
In January 2025, national production of this tuber reached 290,914 tons, up 9% compared to January 2024. This was explained by favorable thermal conditions with normal to higher rainfall, which allowed for vegetative growth and tuberization of plantations of this crop, which is in high demand in the domestic market.
POULTRY PRODUCTION GREW IN 11 DEPARTMENTS
The INEI announced that, in the first month of 2025 and compared to the same month of the previous year, poultry production increased mainly in the poultry centers of La Libertad (5.8%) and Lima (5.1%), which contributed 71.8% of the national total.
Likewise, it increased in San Martín (6.3%), Arequipa (5.6%), Pasco (5%), Áncash (4.8%), Tumbes (4.2%), Ucayali (3.8%), Piura (2.7%), Ica (2.2%) and Lambayeque (1.8%).
However, it decreased in the departments of Ayacucho (-6.1%), Madre de Dios (-5.5%), Moquegua (-4.7%), Cusco (-4.3%), Apurímac (-3.9%) and Puno (-2.8%), among others.
In the country, poultry production in January 2025 increased by 4.7% compared to January 2024, driven by the increased placement of BB meat-line chickens.
COPPER PRODUCTION
Copper production in January 2025 compared to the same month in 2024, grew in Apurímac (81.3%), Junín (47.1%), Lima (25.7%), Moquegua (13.6%), Arequipa (5.4%) and Tacna (5.2%), which together contributed 69% of the national total.
It also increased in Huancavelica (19.8%) and Huánuco (2%). Meanwhile, it decreased in Cusco (-45.2%), Pasco (-27.1%), Ayacucho (-12.8%), Cajamarca (-8.8%), Puno (-2.7%), Ica (-1.7%), and Ancash (-1.4%).
The volume of copper obtained in the country in the first month of the year increased by 7.3% compared to January 2024, supported by the increased extraction carried out by the companies Minera Las Bambas, Minera Chinalco Perú, Anglo American Quellaveco, Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, Marcobre, and Southern Perú Copper Corporation.
Additionally, the extraction of molybdenum, silver, iron, and tin increased in January 2025; conversely, the extraction of gold, zinc, and lead decreased.
ELECTRICAL POWER PRODUCTION
In January 2025, compared to the same month in 2024, electricity production increased in Arequipa (40.7%), Ica (38.9%), Lambayeque (32.3%), Tumbes (23.4%), Piura (19.3%), Ancash (16.6%), La Libertad (11.6%), Tacna (7.2%), Huancavelica (3.9%), Cusco and Loreto (3.4%), Huánuco (3.3%), Ayacucho (2.4%) and Junín (0.3%).
On the contrary, it was reduced in Ucayali (-60.7%), Amazonas (-18.2%), Puno (-70%), Cajamarca (-6%), San Martín (-5.8%) and Lima (-5.3%), among others.
Nationally, in the first month of the year, electricity production increased by 1.5% compared to the same month in 2024, mainly due to increased generation at the Mantaro, Restitución, Cahua, Gallito Ciego, Quitarasca, Yuncan, Chaglla, and Charcani V hydroelectric plants.
Non-conventional renewable energy generation (wind and solar energy) showed similar performance, while it contracted at the Las Flores, Kallpa, Chilca 1, Chilca 2 and Samay I thermoelectric plants.
TAX COLLECTION
Four departments contributed 93.1% of the total revenue collected from internal taxes.
In January 2025, revenue from internal taxes increased in 21 departments compared to the same month last year, with Cusco (193.2%), Arequipa (38.1%), Lima (11.5%), and La Libertad (4.5%) standing out, accounting for 93.1% of the total collected. However, revenue decreased in Piura (-14.9%), Junín (-6.8%), and Loreto (-2.7%).
In January 2025, revenue collected from internal taxes amounted to 14.628 billion 762 billion soles (US$3.972 billion) and was 13.1% higher than the same month last year, explained by the higher amounts collected from income tax (first, second, third, and fifth categories), general sales tax, and selective consumption tax.
