Perú - Balanza comercial

Peru's trade balance shifted to a USD 403 million surplus in October 2019 from a USD 23 million deficit in the same month of the previous year. Exports rose 3.1 percent over a year earlier to USD 4.11 billion, boosted by higher sales of both traditional products (4.2 percent) and non-traditional (1.1 percent). Imports fell 7.6 percent to USD 3.71 billion, mainly due to lower purchases of supply goods (-14.7 percent) and other goods (-18.2 percent), while imports of capital (0.2 percent) and consumption (0.1 percent) increased. Considering the first ten months of the year, the country recorded a USD 4128 million trade surplus.

Peru's trade surplus narrowed to USD 462 million in September 2019 from USD 514 million in the same month of the previous year. Exports dropped 1.4 percent over a year earlier to USD 3.83 million, mainly due to lower sales of traditional products (-5.7 percent) while sales of non-traditional products rose (10.1 percent). Imports fell at a slower 0.1 percent to USD 3.37 million, as purchases of supply goods declined (-9 percent). Considering the first nine months of the year, the country recorded a USD 34.4 million trade surplus, compared to a USD 36.6 million surplus a year ago.

Peru's trade surplus narrowed to USD 99.2 million in August 2019 from USD 210.1 million in the corresponding month of the previous year. It was the smallest trade surplus since September 2016, as exports dropped 8.1 percent over a year earlier to USD 3.73 billion mostly due to lower sales of traditional (-8.4 percent) and non-traditional products (-7.4 percent). Meantime, imports fell 5.7 percent to USD 3.63 billion, due to lower purchases of supply goods (-16.2 percent) and other products (-24.1 percent).

Peru's trade surplus narrowed to USD 456 million in July 2019 from USD 556 million in the same month of the previous year. Exports declined 2.7 percent to USD 3.99 billion, despite a 13.0 percent jump of non-traditional exports; in contrast, traditional exports declined 8.0 percent, as oil & gas plummeted 31.6 percent and seafood 25.8 percent. Meantime, imports edged down 0.2 percent to USD 3.53 billion, mainly dragged by a 6.9 percent drop in supply goods. In contrast, purchases of capital goods climbed 9.3 percent.

Peru's trade surplus narrowed to USD 802 million in June 2019 from USD 1169 million in the same month of the previous year. Exports declined 12.2 percent to USD 3.99 billion, as traditional exports declined 16.4 percent; in contrast, non-traditional exports edged up 0.6 percent. Meantime, imports fell 5.5 percent to USD 3.18 billion, mainly dragged by a 13.4 percent drop in supply goods. In contrast, purchases of capital goods climbed 4.1 percent.

Peru's trade surplus narrowed sharply to USD 29 million May 2019 from USD 580 million in the same month of the previous year. It was the smallest trade surplus since March 2016, as exports tumbled 15.5 percent year-on-year to USD 3.59 billion, mainly due to lower sales of crude oil and natural gas (-36.8 percent); mining products (-10.2 percent); fishing (-34.9 percent); agricultural (-9.8 percent); textiles (-0.8 percent); wood & paper (-10 percent); and metallurgy and jewellery (-6.2 percent). Imports fell at a softer 2.9 percent to USD 3.56 billion, mostly due to lower purchases of consumption goods (-3.2 percent), led by durable (-13.8 percent); and other imports (-20.8 percent). Also, raw materials and intermediate goods declined (-10.0 percent), of which raw material (-8.1 percent) and fuels & lubricants (-19.6 percent). Meanwhile, purchases of capital goods increased by 10.4 percent.