• Does Peru import vegetable oil?
  • All CPO is consumed domestically, with no exports at present. Despite growth in oil palm cultivation, Peru remains a significant importer of vegetable oil. Total vegetable oil imports were reported at 400,000 tons in 2013, approximately twice the levels reported for 2000, equivalent to US$300 million at current prices.
  • Is Peru a sustainable palm oil producer?
  • ? Recent growth in palm oil production has transformed Peru from a net importer to a net exporter. ? Peru is experiencing a trend away from smallholder farming to large production. ? No palm oil group can currently guarantee sustainable palm oil, despite some being members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
  • How much palm oil does Peru produce?
  • Over the past five years, Peru palm oil production has ranged from 42,000 to 57,000 metric tons, with output for 2016/17 estimated at 38,000 metric tons, less than 1 percent of the estimated global output of 65.5 million metric tons.
  • How many palm oil plantations are there in Peru?
  • In 2013, Peru had 58,000 hectares of palm oil plantations, of which 38,000 had entered the production stage, producing an estimated 91,000 ton of Crude Palm Oil (CPO).
  • How much land is suitable for oil palm cultivation in Peru?
  • The analysis shows that more than 49.2 million hectares of land have a Suitability Index (SI) of medium or higher for oil palm cultivation in the Peruvian Amazon. Of these, 33.6 million hectares (68.3 percent) are in the region on Loreto, 7.1 million hectares (14.4 percent) are in Ucayali, and 6.3 million hectares
  • Could zero-deforestation palm oil expansion occur in the Peruvian Amazon?
  • This preliminary analysis would indicate that there are approximately 1 million hectares of deforested lands in the Peruvian Amazon where zero-deforestation palm oil expansion could viably occur.