Peru Balance of Trade

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

1,334

Units In

USD Million

2,504.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 11, 2025

Time to Release

26 Days 0 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
2,504.3 Mar 2025	-676.3 Jan 2014	187.73 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 widened to USD 1,334 million in April 2025 from USD 830.7 million in the same month last year. Exports advanced 12.4% year-on-year to USD 5,802 million, driven by a surge in non-traditional product sales (+40.3%) and, to a lesser extent, traditional products (+4%). Meanwhile, imports increased at a softer pace of 3.1% to USD 4,468 million, reflecting higher purchases of consumer goods (+14.4%) and capital goods (+6.8%), partially offset by declines in intermediate goods (-3.4%) and other goods (-18.2%). In the first four months of the year, the trade surplus reached USD 8,220 million, up from USD 5,589 million in the same period last year, with exports climbing 22.2% and imports rising 13.6%.