Editor’s Note
Peru’s exports surged 36.7% to $45.128 billion in the first five months of 2026, fueled by a 48.8% jump in traditional shipments, particularly mining.
Peru’s exports reached $45.128 billion between January and May 2026, registering a 36.7% increase compared to the same period last year ($33.008 billion), driven by the performance of the mining sector and the recovery of some non-traditional supply categories, reported the Center for Research in Economics and Global Business of the Exporters Association (CIEN-ADEX).
CIEN-ADEX detailed that traditional shipments ($36.324 billion) increased by 48.8%. Within this group, mining ($33 billion) stood out with a 53.7% advance. Others included hydrocarbons ($1.881 billion), fishing ($1.100 billion), and agriculture ($267 million), with increases of 18.4%, 0.1%, and 27.9%, respectively.
Non-traditional exports ($8.804 billion) maintained a positive trend with a 2.4% increase. Agroindustry ($4.239 billion) stood out as the leading category, followed by chemicals ($1.080 billion), fishing ($1.014 billion), and steel-metallurgy ($940 million). All showed positive growth rates of 3.8%, 6.7%, 8.8%, and 7.6%, respectively. The wood category ($29 million) also contributed with a 9% advance.
However, six other activities recorded declines, including jewelry (-77.4%), metalworking (-17.5%), apparel (-8.3%), miscellaneous (-3.8%), textiles (-0.2%), and non-metallic mining (-0.04%).
According to CIEN-ADEX, some sectors have not yet surpassed their previous years’ records, including apparel and wood (2008), textiles and miscellaneous (2014), primary fishing (2021), traditional agriculture and hydrocarbons (2022), non-metallic mining (2023), and metalworking and jewelry (2025).
The main markets were China ($17.390 billion), accounting for 38.5% of the total, followed by India (10.6%), the USA (9.5%), the European Union (8.8%), Canada (5.3%), Switzerland (3.4%), and Japan (3.2%). The top five exporting regions were Lima ($6.305 billion), Arequipa ($4.850 billion), Ica ($4.824 billion), Áncash ($4.253 billion), and Puno ($4.118 billion).
Between January and May 2026, a total of 6,860 companies shipped 3,396 products to 160 countries.