US Dry Bean Exports to the Americas Reach New Heights
September 24, 2020It’s been good year for US dry bean exports to the Americas due to a combination of strong demand and trade agreements that provide preferential market access.
In the first eleven months of MY 2019/20, 41,787 MT of US dry beans were exported to the Dominican Republic; more than in each of the past ten marketing years, slightly above the 2015/16 MY record.
From September 2019 through July 2020, the US exported 12,146 MT of dry beans to Costa Rica, about three times the amount exported in each of the past 3 marketing years and the highest level in a decade.
From September 2019 through July 2020, the US exported more beans to El Salvador (6,236 MT) than it has in each of the past ten marketing years, exceeding the 4,767 MT marketing year high that was reached in 2018/19.
