Peru Balance of Trade

Last Release

Jul 31, 2025

Actual

2,103.5

Units In

USD Million

2,523.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 10, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 1 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,523.4 Jun 2025	-676.3 Jan 2014	194.31 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

Peru’s trade surplus narrowed to USD 2,103 million in July 2025, down from USD 2,350 million in the same month last year, as imports grew faster than exports. Imports climbed 11.9% year-on-year to USD 5,084 million, driven by consumer goods (+17.6%), raw materials and intermediate goods (+1.1%), capital goods (+18.3%), and a stellar rise in other goods (+1,940.8%). Meanwhile, exports increased by a softer 4.3% to USD 7,188 million, supported by higher sales of traditional products (+3.3%) and non-traditional products (+6.1%), along with a strong growth in other categories (+101.4%). For the January–July period, the trade surplus widened to USD 14,553 million from USD 12,229 million a year earlier, as exports jumped 14.8% to USD 47,237 million, outpacing a 13.1% increase in imports to USD 32,684 million.