The balance of trade accumulated in the last 12 months, until last August, a surplus of US$14,576 million, the Central Reserve Bank reported this Sunday (BCRP).
This amount was higher than the previous month, when the surplus reached US$14,137 million, indicated the monetary authority.
In monthly terms, a surplus of US$1,047 million was recorded last August, and US$10,551 million so far in 2023.
The BCRP detailed that Peruvian exports reached US$5,468 million during that month. Of which, shipments of traditional products were US$4,003 million and foreign sales of non-traditional products registered US$1,446 million.
This implied a negative variation of 5.2% in relation to August 2022, with a decrease of 3.5% in traditional exports, 9.5% in non-traditional exports and 9.1% in “others”.
In that sense, total sales abroad during the first 8 months of the year totaled US$42,989 million, a negative variation of 2.1% compared to the same period in 2022.
Total exports of traditional products reached US$31,406 million (-2.6%) between January and August, non-traditional exports reached US$11,445 million (-0.06%) and “others” reached US$138 million (-15 .8%).
On the other hand, imports totaled US$4,421 million last August, a decrease of 14.3% compared to the same month of the previous year, and US$32,438 million from January to August, with a negative variation of US$13.8% in comparison with that period of 2022.
In August there was a 5.1% increase in imports of consumer goods, which reached US$1,061 million, and a 26.4% decrease in the import of inputs, which reached US$2,157 million.
Source: Larepublica
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