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The Peruvian government celebrated the increase in exports of ginger, called kion in Peru.

And exports of fruits and non-traditional crops grew, with a common unexpected protagonist: ginger.

Foreign sales of this tuber increased 168% in the first four months of this year.

In the temperate lands of the Department of Junín, in the center of the country, more than 90% of the ginger (also called kion) that Peru exported in the first four months of 2020 with a value of US$19.1 million is harvested.

That is almost half of the US$41 million that the South American country exported in all of 2019.

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"We are the fourth largest kion exporter in the world!" celebrated the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), as the figures placed it below China, Thailand and India.

Ginger is used in Peru in tea to treat cold symptoms or for its anti-inflammatory effect.

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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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