Peru’s exports totaled $83.785 billion ($75.536 billion in euros) through the month of September, which represents a year-on-year increase of 31% and consolidates a streak of 29 consecutive months of growth.
The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) detailed this Wednesday, through the official platform "El Peruano", that this positive behavior was led by the mining sector, which contributed $61.043 billion ($55.033 billion in euros), 44.9% more than in the same period of the previous year.
Within mining, copper shipments totaled $28.493 billion ($25.688 billion in euros), which represents an advance of 39.7%. Next came gold, with $21.262 billion ($19.169 billion in euros) and an increase of 51.8%, while lead and silver concentrates reached $4.395 billion ($3.962 billion in euros), a growth of 105.9%.
For its part, agricultural and livestock exports reached $8.878 billion ($8.004 billion in euros), 1.4% more. Added to this were sales from the metallurgical sector, which reached $1.645 billion ($1.483 billion in euros), and from the chemical sector, with $1.621 billion ($1.461 billion in euros), with advances of 21.4% and 14.8%, respectively.
As for destinations, China remained Peru’s main trading partner, with purchases of $31.309 billion ($28.227 billion in euros), 31.3% more. They were followed by the United States, with $8.430 billion ($7.600 billion in euros) and an increase of 26%; and the European Union, with $7.757 billion ($6.993 billion in euros), which amounted to growth of 6.4%.