Mining exports grew 67.6% between January and September of this year

The National Society of Mining, Oil and Energy (SNMPE) reported that mining exports from the Peru reached 29,091 million dollars between January and September of this year, a figure that implies a growth of 67.6% compared to the same period in 2020, when 17,360 million dollars were reported.

Even mining exports to September are higher than those registered in the stage prepandemia, since when compared with the same period of 2019 (20,727 million dollars), they show an increase of 40.4%.

In detail, copper exports between January and September 2021 amounted to 14,951 million dollars, which meant an increase of 76.8% compared to the same period in 2020 (8,458 million dollars).

For its part, gold exports reached the sum of 7,528 million dollars between January – September of the current year, which reflected a growth of 38.1% compared to the same period of 2020 (5,452 million dollars).

Performance in September

The SNMPE specified that, in September 2021, mining exports amounted to 3,536 million dollars, an amount that represented a growth of 33.4% in relation to the same month of 2020 (2,651 million dollars).

It also stated that exports of copper Last September they reached 1,820 million dollars, which meant an increase of 24.1% compared to the same month in 2020 (1,466 million dollars).

Copper exports benefited from the 31.5% increase in the price of copper, despite the fact that the volume of shipments abroad registered a contraction of 5.6% compared to September 2020.

For its part, gold exports in September 2021 reached 946 million dollars, a figure that represented an increase of 36.3% compared to the same month last year (694 million dollars).

Exports of this precious metal were favored by the 47.4% increase in the volume of shipments abroad, despite the fact that the price of gold registered a 7.5% drop compared to September 2020.