The Council of Ministers approved this Wednesday, April 12, the legal device that authorizes the refund of the General Sales Tax (IGV) to foreign tourists, also known as the Tax Freereported the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur), Luis Fernando Helguero. “I want to inform you that today we have approved […]
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More than 1 million tourists for Easter
Tourism in the post-pandemic era has been reactivating little by little in Peru. For the celebrations for Easter —one of the highest seasons for the sector—, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) estimates that More than 1 million travelers will be mobilized for the long holiday throughout the country. However, recent events have […]
Trade between Peru and Taiwan would be around US$1 billion this 2023
Despite the current context that Peru is going through, a 35-member delegation from the Republic of China (Taiwan) —organized by the Taiwan Foreign Trade Development Council— arrived in our country with the aim of developing a total of 292 bilateral business meetings with more than 150 Peruvian businessmen. This as part of the “Taiwan Trade […]
More than 100,000 mypes would go bankrupt for not applying safeguards to imported Chinese clothing
Mypes in the textile and clothing sector assure that the Dina Boluarte regime “has its back” to the local industry and once again favored large importers. They are evaluating a national strike. After learning that the Government of Dina Boluarte will not apply safeguards to garments imported from China, Gamarra and the Mype National Defense […]
Government orders the non-application of safeguards for the importation of Chinese clothing
Indecopi’s report, adopted by MEF, Mincetur and Produce, resolves that it is not possible to conclude that the domestic industry has experienced serious damage due to imports of clothing in the period January 2016 – June 2021. The Peruvian Government decided not to apply the definitive safeguard measure on imports of clothing China. Through Supreme […]
Mincetur: “Safeguards for Chinese clothing continues to be technically evaluated”
Commission that integrates together with the MEF and Produce does not reach an agreement, despite the claim of the mypes to balance competition in the market. The ministries of Economy and Finance (MEF), Production (Produce) and Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) have not yet determined whether they will apply safeguards to Asian garments entering the […]
A million jobs are in jeopardy if safeguards are not applied to Chinese clothing
The Government of Dina Boluarte will decide in the next few hours whether to apply this measure, endorsed by the WTO in favor of the local industry, to balance the market in the face of saturation of Asian garments that enter and are sold at lower prices. Since the start of the pandemic, clothing imported […]
Government seeks to reactivate tourism with an injection of S/500 million
With Punche Tourism. Executive presented the measures to promote this activity hit by social conflicts. They project that the sector will record income of US$3,337 million this year. The tourism sector has been one of the hardest hit after more than two months of internal conflict, especially in the southern regions of the country. For […]
Exports from Special Economic Zones grew 12% in 2022
Shipments from the EEZs exceeded US$93 million last year. The agricultural and chemical sectors stood out. The value of the exports from Special Economic Zones (ZEE) located in Peru during 2022 amounted to US$93.9 million, representing an increase of 12% compared to 2021 and 48% compared to 2020, reported the Ministry of Foreign Trade and […]
Mincetur approves strategy Somos ArtesanÃa 2023
The initiative aims to finance the granting of subsidies in favor of the winners of the public tender carried out within the framework of the aforementioned strategy. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) approved this Sunday, through the Ministerial Resolution No. 038-2023 published in El Peruano, the Strategy to Reactivate and Promote Craft […]