Peruvian imports between January and August totaled US$33,949 million, which reflected a drop of -16% compared to the same period in 2022, mainly influenced by lower volumes of oil and derivatives.associated with the fall in international prices, reported the Global Economy and Business Research Center of the CIEN-ADEX Exporters Association.
The metalworking sector was the most in demand, with US$11,101 million, which showed a decline of -5% and a share of 32.7% of the total. They were followed by chemicals (US$6,051 million), with a drop of -23.5%, and hydrocarbons (US$5,727 million), with a decrease of -19.7%.
Others were primary agriculture (US$4,462 million), miscellaneous (US$2,136 million), steel and metallurgy (US$1,877 million), textiles (US$798 million), clothing (US$564 million), non-metallic mining (US$542 million), wood ( US$275 million), fishing for CHD (US$237 million 600,000) and mining (US$177 million 600,000).
It should be noted that only fishing registered an increase in its imports, with an increase of 18.7% compared to the same period in 2022. Its main product was frozen shrimp tail, with US$54,800,000 (99.9% came from Argentina), while the most dynamic was canned tuna (113.7%).
According to the CIEN-ADEX import report, the most important products by sector were crude oil (US$1,922 million 400,000) in hydrocarbons, yellow corn (US$648 million 400,000) in agriculture, cell phones (US$638 million 700,000) in metalworking, medicines (US$256 million 800,000) in chemicals and iron scrap (US$226 million 900,000) in iron and steel.
The country’s main supplier was China (US$3,035 million) with 24.6% of the total imported. Cell phones were the main product despite contracting by -30.4%. It was followed by the US (US$ 2,525 million), Brazil (US$960 million), Argentina (US$840 million 200,000), Mexico (US$418 million 900,000), Chile (US$295 million 300,000), among others.
Orders fall for the industry
By use characteristic, raw materials and intermediate products (US$17,181 million) They contracted by -23.4% and accounted for 50.6% of total imports, mainly due to lower orders for materials for the industry (-25.2%). It is worth mentioning that, since October of last year, monthly imports of inputs and intermediate products have been falling.
In this segment, fuels, lubricants and related products continued with -20.5% and representing 17.1%. The US was the leading supplier with US$3,917 million.
On the other hand, capital goods and construction materials represented 27.2% of the total and decreased -9%. Imports of construction materials decreased (-30.7%), and capital goods for agriculture (-18.5%).
Finally, consumer goods represented 22.1% of total imports and fell -4.2%, both due to lower imports of non-durable goods (-5%) and durable goods (-3.2%). However, the growth in imports of private transport vehicles (6.9%) and food products (2.2%) stood out.
Source: Larepublica
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