Accumulated exports to October exceed the total achieved in 2020

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) He specified this Friday that Peruvian exports from January to October 2021 reached US $ 45,074 million, which means a growth of 38% compared to the same period in 2020.

With this result, shipments exceeded everything exported last year (US $ 41,672 million), a period in which world trade was most affected by COVID-19.

In detail, traditional exports totaled US $ 31,823 million (41%), while non-traditional exports, US $ 13,251 million (31%); This is explained by the higher production of goods at the national level, added to the higher prices of the main commodities, such as oil and copper.

While, compared to 2019, total exports remain US $ 1,000 million below (see table).

Likewise, the accumulated trade balance at the eleventh month of 2021 reflects an increase of 21% (US $ 7,011 million this year versus US $ 5,794 million in 2020).

By sectors

All sectors, without exception, increased their exports from January to October 2021, highlighting jewelry (165%), metallurgy (84.2%), textile-apparel (72%), hydrocarbons (62.2%), fishing ( 42%), chemical (30%) and agro-export (18%).

Agro-export has continued to grow in the first ten months (18%), and is expected to exceed the 2020 record. Here, the growth in avocado shipments (41.4%) is exceptional, reaching US $ 1,156 million and blueberry (29.7%) which was around US $ 1 billion.

On the other hand, fish exports grew 42% thanks to higher sales of scallops (92%), fishmeal and fish oil (61% and 50%) and fish fillet (44.5%). The export of squid – the second most important fishery product – increased by 8.5%.

Finally, in the metallurgical business, the higher sales of copper wire stood out (105%); while in the textile-apparel sector, there are higher sales of wool and fine hair products (75%) and cotton (70%)