The Association of Exporters (ADEX) reported that between January and October 2023, Peruvian shipments abroad reached US$52,455,595,000, a figure with -0.1% compared to the same period in 2022. This indicates that the level of exports still remains at the level of 2022.
Likewise, for October, outflows were US$5,646 million, 6.4% more than in the same month of 2022 (US$5,308 million). In this way, it was the third month of the year with the highest increasesurpassed only by March (8%) and July (6.8%).
What were the main countries to which it was exported and areas that stand out?
The leading markets were China (US$19,089 million), the United States (US$7,173 million), Canada (US$2,290 million 667,000), South Korea (US$2,060 million) and India (US$1,996 million). with shares of 36.3%, 13.6%, 4.3%, 3.9% and 3.8%, respectively.
Likewise, the primary sector was the most important and totaled US$37,792 million, an increase of 0.2%. The most notable item, with an evolution of 11.4%, was mining (US$32,564 million 480,000). Its offer included copper (US$16,444 million), gold (US$6,659 million), refined copper cathodes (US$2,297 million), zinc (US$1,388 million) and iron (US$1,380 million 694,000), among others, whose destinations were China , with a participation of 53.3%, USA, Canada, India, South Korea, among others.
They are followed by other items such as hydrocarbons (US$3,516 million 675,000), fishing (US$1,044 million) and agriculture (US$667 million 367,000), which closed with -31.7%, -53.7% and -38.9%.
For their part, shipments non-traditional between January and October amounted to US$14,663 million, presenting a slight drop of -0.8% and a participation of 27.9% of the total. It should be noted that 6 sectors suffered declines: textiles (-7%), clothing (-19.8%), chemicals (-17%), iron and steel (-7.7%), wood (-24%) and miscellaneous (-1 ,2%).
The most notable activity was agroindustry with US$6,835 million 679,000 and an increase of 3.4%. Highlights include blueberries (US$1,010 million), avocados (US$958 million 450,000), fresh grapes (US$899 million), asparagus (US$299 million) and mangoes (US$211 million 690,000). The main shipping locations were the United States (US$2,241 million), the Netherlands (US$1,031 million), Spain (US$470 million 398,000), Chile (US$329 million), Ecuador (US$312 million 676,000), among others.
He schemical ector (US$1,660 million 618,000) was the second in the ranking and its most important items were sulfuric acid (US$117 million) and ethyl alcohol (US$102 million), while its largest buyers were Chile (US$301 million), Ecuador (US $199 million) and Bolivia (US$171 million 428,000).
It follows fishing for direct human consumption (US$1,523 million 688,000), with an increase of 17.5%, mainly due to shipments of frozen squid (US$ 559 million), prepared or canned squid (US$215 million) and frozen whole prawns (US $98 million).
Finally, goods were exported from steel metallurgy sectors (US$1,272 million 677,000), non-metallic mining (US$ 1,001 million), clothing (US$944 million), metalworking (US$582 million), textiles (US$387 million 674,000), miscellaneous (US$371 million) and wood (US$84 million 570,000).
Source: Larepublica
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