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El gobierno peruano celebró el aumento en las exportaciones de jengibre, llamado kion en Perú.

Y es que crecieron las exportaciones de frutas y cultivos no tradicionales, común inesperado protagonista: el jengibre.

Las ventas al extranjero de este tubérculo aumentaron 168% en los primeros cuatro meses de este año.

En las templadas tierras del Departamento de Junín, en el centro del país, se cosecha más del 90% del jengibre (también llamado kion) que Perú exportó en el primer cuatrimestre de 2020 con un valor de US$19,1 millones.

Eso es casi la mitad de los US$41 millones que exportó el país sudamericano en todo 2019.

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"¡Somos el cuarto exportador de kion en el mundo!", celebró el Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Mincetur), pues las cifras lo colocaron por debajo de China, Tailandia e India. 

El jengibre es usado en Perú en té para tratar síntomas del resfriado o por su efecto antiinflamatorio.

Además de usarse como condimento, en Perú .
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In Peru it is customary to drink ginger tea to relieve colds and flu, and it is also consumed for its anti-inflammatory properties.

Mincetur pointed out that the latter explains "the increase in consumption given this pandemic scenario."

However, health experts point out that there are no studies that prove that consumption of the tuber has a proven effect to prevent or treat the new coronavirus.

The consumption of ginger dates back more than 4,500 years.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that while consuming ginger tea "has a positive impact on your health", it is not medically proven as a treatment against covid-19.

The warnings from specialists have not been able to stop the spread, through social networks or WhatsApp chains, of messages attributed to medical authorities, including the WHO, which indicate it as an approved treatment.

The fertile lands of Junín

Among the croplands in Peru, those located in the Department of Junín are some of the most productive. Ginger has its main production centers in the provinces of Chanchamayo and Satipo.

"Ginger in Peru is grown in fertile soils, taking advantage of the humid microclimates of moderate temperatures typical of the valleys located between the eastern slope of the Andes and the Amazon Rainforest," Miguel Watts, a Peruvian specialist in the agricultural sector, explains to BBC Mundo. .

Mincetur figures indicate that 71 companies participated in the export of ginger in the first four months of the year. Their harvests were taken to 18 markets around the world, 25% more than last year.

This was due to the fact that there was an exponential increase in April sales (137%) to three of the main consuming countries of Peruvian ginger: Spain (+529%), the Netherlands (+255%) and the United States (+124%). ).

This led to 9 out of every 10 dollars that Peru received from the sale of kion going to Junín.

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