Peru exported $58.2 billion worth of products globally in 2022. Peru's exports represent a 3.4% year-over-year increase compared to international sales of $56.3 billion in 2021.

Peru's Largest Trading Partners

The latest country-specific data shows that Peru's exports are mainly purchased by importers from the following countries: mainland China (32% of the global total), the United States (12.8%), South Korea (5%), Japan (4.98%), Canada (4.94%), India (4.87%), Switzerland (3.44%), the Netherlands (3.36%), Chile (3%), Spain ( 2.6%), United Kingdom (2.3%) and Germany ( 1.9%).

Peru's Top 10 Exports

1. Ores, slag, ash: $19.2 billion (32.9% of total exports)

2. Gemstones, precious metals: $7.7 billion (13.2%)

3. Fossil fuels including oil: $6.2 billion (10.7%)

4. Fruits, nuts: $4.7 billion (8.1%)

5. Copper: $3.3 billion (5.7%)

6. Food industry waste, animal feed: $2.1 billion (3.6%)

7. Coffee, tea, spices: $1.4 billion (2.4%)

8. Knitted or crocheted clothing, accessories: $1.29 billion (2.2%)

9. Fish: $1.27 billion (2.2%)

10. Zinc: $1 billion (1.7%)

Peru's top 10 exports by value accounted for 82.7% of Peru's total global exports.

Fossil fuels, including petroleum, are the fastest growing of the top ten export categories, growing 58% from 2021 to 2022. The second highest improvement in export sales was in the coffee, tea and spices product category, which grew by 45.2 percent, led by exports of Peruvian coffee. Peru's zinc exports ranked third in terms of volume growth, up 19.7 percent from 2021.

Peru's top ten export categories saw the largest decline in ores, slag and ash, down -11% year-on-year. Peru's export revenues fell for copper, zinc, iron and lead.

Looking at the more granular four-digit HTS codes, Peru's top export is copper ore and its concentrates (23.1% of Peru's exports). In second place was unwrought gold (12.7%), followed by Peruvian exports of petroleum gas (5.3%), refined copper (4.3%), refined petroleum (4.1%), non-edible meat meal (3.1%), zinc ores and concentrates (2.6%), iron ores and concentrates (2.6%), all kinds of fresh fruits (2.5%), and then fresh or dried grapes (2.2%).

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