Until October 2021, 7,665 exporting companies were registered in Peru, the figure represents an increase of 15.9% in relation to the same period last year and is 5.4% higher than in 2019, reported the Center for Economic Research and Global Businesses of the CIEN-ADEX Exporters Association.
“The increase is associated with a better global environment, as well as the good performance of Peruvian companies before the resumption of commercial activities with the main economic partners,” said Carlos Adriano, head of Economic Studies of the institution.
According to the report presented by CIEN-ADEX, of the total, 63.2% were micro-enterprises, 29% were small, 1.3% were medium and 6.5% were large, with which MSMEs concentrated 93, 5% of the total.
Meanwhile, according to the amount US $ FOB between January and October, 95% of shipments were made by large companies, followed by small (3.5%), medium (1.1%) and micro (0.5%). Thus, MSMEs accounted for only 5% of the exported value despite representing 93.5%.
Companies stopped exporting
The report carried out by CIEN-ADEX also indicates that in the tenth month of the year, 1,917 companies did not register sales abroad. However, this figure was offset by 2,971 new or reentry firms.
In detail, of the companies that stopped exporting, 83.1% (1,593) were microenterprises, 11% (210) were small, 5.5% (105) were large, and 0.5% were medium.
In this regard, Adriano stated that “the confinement measures due to the pandemic and the higher price of supplies as a result of the rise in freight rates due to international logistics problems, affected all companies, but hit the mypes harder.”
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