Peru Balance of Trade

Last Release

Feb 28, 2025

Actual

2,108.7

Units In

USD Million

1,803.7

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 09, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 4 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,466.4 Jun 2024	-676.3 Jan 2014	183.5 USD Million	1957-2025	Central Reserve Bank of Peru

In 2017, Peru recorded a trade surplus for the second consecutive year, mostly due to a rise in shipments of minerals like copper, gold, zinc, lead, iron and silver. Peru’s main imports are: raw materials for industry, capital goods for industry and fuels. Main trading partners are: China (34 percent of total exports and 22 percent of total imports) and United States (11 percent of exports and 20 percent of imports). Others include: Brazil, Switzerland, Mexico, South Korea and India.

Latest Updates

The trade surplus in Peru widened to USD 2,109 million in February 2025 from USD 1,645 million in the same period last year. Exports rose by 15.2% year-on-year to USD 6,318 million, driven by higher sales of both traditional products (+13.6%) and non-traditional products (+20.3%). Meanwhile, imports increased at a slower pace of 9.6% to USD 4,210 million, reflecting greater purchases of consumer goods (+20.8%), intermediate goods (+0.2%), and capital goods (+9.0%). Over the first two months of the year, the trade surplus expanded to USD 3,982 million from USD 3,118 million, with exports up 20.9% and imports rising 18.1%.