In 2023, Peru's most exported products were ores, slag, and ash, with the export value amounting to nearly ** billion U.S. dollars. Pearls, precious or semi-precious stones ranked second, with an export value of **** billion U.S. dollars. In that same year, the exports of coffee, tea, maté, and spices amounted to **** billion U.S. dollars. Peru’s export partners China was Peru’s largest trading partner in 2023, leading with an exports value of over ** billion U.S. dollars. The United States trailed behind in second place with an exports value of around **** billion U.S. dollars. In that same year, Peru exported a total of more than ** billion U.S. dollars’ worth of goods worldwide. Peru’s mining industry The resource-rich South American country has a thriving mining industry, which sees the production of raw materials critical to its burgeoning exports trade. In 2023, Peruvian mining exports amounted to nearly ** billion U.S. dollars, which represented over ** percent of Peru’s total exports. In 2023, Peru was the second largest producer of copper worldwide. The contry is home to four of the world’s top twenty largest copper mines.

Exports in Peru increased to 6162.10 USD Million in May from 5927.70 USD Million in April of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Peru Exports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In 2022, China was the leading export partner for Peru in terms of export value, being the country of destination for approximately 21 billion U.S. dollars' worth of Peruvian exports. The second leading destination that year was the United States, exporting over eight billion dollars. Japan, South Korea, and Canada complete the top five of main export partners for the South American country in 2022.

Peru's total Exports in 2023 were valued at US$64.36 Billion, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Peru's main export partners were: China, the United States and Canada. The top three export commodities were: Ores slag and ash; Pearls, precious stones, metals, coins and Edible fruits, nuts, peel of citrus fruit, melons. Total Imports were valued at US$52.16 Billion. In 2023, Peru had a trade surplus of US$12.19 Billion.

In 2023, Peru's largest export trading partner was China, as the South American country exported merchandise worth over 23 billion U.S. dollars to the Asian giant. China was also Peru's main import trading partner, with the value amounting to 13 billion U.S. dollars. The second most important trade partner in terms of export was the United States, with the export value amounting to roughly nine billion U.S. dollars.

Key information about Peru Total Exports

• Peru Total Exports recorded 5.6 USD bn in Sep 2023, compared with 5.4 USD bn in the previous month
• Peru Total Exports data is updated monthly, available from Jan 2012 to Sep 2023, with an averaged value of 3.9 USD bn
• The data reached an all-time high of 6.5 USD bn in Dec 2021 and a record low of 1.9 USD bn in Apr 2020

• In the latest reports, Peru Total Exports dropped 2.4 % YoY in Sep 2023
• Total Imports recorded 4.4 USD bn in Sep 2023, which registered a decrease of 6.4 % year on year
• Peru Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 1.0 USD bn in Aug 2023

In 2021, fresh fruits, namely grapes, blueberries, and avocados were the leading agricultural product exported from Peru. That year, grapes topped the ranking, with an export value of approximately *** billion U.S. dollars. Fresh blueberries ranked second, with exports amounting to **** billion dollars, and lastly avocados with *** billion US dollars. Meanwhile, green coffee exports from the Andean country added up to *** million dollars. Peru is among the largest coffee producers in Latin America.

Peru Exports to United States was US$9.18 Billion during 2023, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Peru Exports to United States - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Iron data was reported at 14.528 USD mn in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 14.452 USD mn for Aug 2018. Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Iron data is updated monthly, averaging 2.955 USD mn from Jan 1985 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 405 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 29.606 USD mn in Sep 2008 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in Dec 1992. Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Iron data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Reserve Bank of Peru. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.JA006: Exports: Non Traditional Products.

Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Copper data was reported at 20.282 USD mn in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 30.927 USD mn for Aug 2018. Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Copper data is updated monthly, averaging 6.235 USD mn from Jan 1985 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 405 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 51.751 USD mn in Mar 2012 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in Dec 1992. Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Copper data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Reserve Bank of Peru. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.JA006: Exports: Non Traditional Products.

Key information about Peru Total Exports

• Peru Total Exports expanded 18.7 % YoY in Nov 2024, compared with an increase of 10.5 % YoY in the previous month
• Peru Total Exports Growth data is updated monthly, available from Jan 1986 to Nov 2024, with an averaged rate of 9.3 %
• The data reached an all-time high of 149.0 % in Apr 2021 and a record low of -50.7 % in Apr 2020

• In the latest reports, Peru Total Exports recorded 5.6 USD bn in Sep 2023
• Total Imports recorded 4.4 USD bn in Sep 2023, which registered an increase of 15.0 % year on year
• Peru Trade Balance recorded a surplus of 2.4 USD bn in Nov 2024

In 2018, the European Union imported over 4.4 billion euros of food, live animals and crude materials from Peru. This number surpasses the total value of exports from the EU to the South American country, which amounted to 3.6 billion euros that same year. The main category of products exported from the EU to Peru was machinery and transport equipment, with 1.7 billion euros.

Peru Exports: Non Traditional: Basic Metal and Jewelry (BM) data was reported at 106.219 USD mn in Aug 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 98.461 USD mn for Jul 2018. Peru Exports: Non Traditional: Basic Metal and Jewelry (BM) data is updated monthly, averaging 25.121 USD mn from Jan 1985 (Median) to Aug 2018, with 404 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 126.469 USD mn in Mar 2018 and a record low of 7.111 USD mn in Feb 1985. Peru Exports: Non Traditional: Basic Metal and Jewelry (BM) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Reserve Bank of Peru. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.JA006: Exports: Non Traditional Products.

United States Exports to Peru was US$11.22 Billion during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. United States Exports to Peru - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

In 2021, the total value of Peru's trade goods amounted to approximately 107.44 billion U.S. dollars, out of which the country exported 56.26 billion dollars' worth of goods. In that same year, this South American country imported goods worth to approximately 51.18 billion U.S. dollars. Between 2015 and 2019, Peru's exports trade value increased by 37 percent. However, when comparing the values of 2020 with a year earlier, the exports decreased by about 16 percent. It was only in 2021 that Peru's trade value experienced a significant increase, in both imports and exports.

Import and export trade
International trade refers to the exchange of capital, goods and services across international borders or territories. The term "imports" refer to the form of trade in which goods that are grown, produced or manufactured in other countries are bought into a specific country. While, on the other hand, the term "exports" implies a trade in which goods that are grown, produced, or manufactured in a country are sold internationally.

Peru's leading trade partners
Prior to 2020, the leading trading partners of Peru were China and the United States. In 2019, Peru imported goods worth more than 10 billion U.S. dollars from China, while the exports were valued at almost three billion dollars more than and the imports. Meanwhile, this South American country exported nearly six billion U.S. dollars from the United States. That same year, the most exported products from Peru were ores, slag, and ash, followed by pearls, precious or semi-precious stones.

Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Zinc data was reported at 24.773 USD mn in Sep 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 33.020 USD mn for Aug 2018. Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Zinc data is updated monthly, averaging 6.151 USD mn from Jan 1985 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 405 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45.901 USD mn in Feb 2018 and a record low of 0.000 USD mn in Dec 1992. Peru Export Value: Non-Traditional Product: Basic Metal: Zinc data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Central Reserve Bank of Peru. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.JA006: Exports: Non Traditional Products.

PE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data was reported at 0.491 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.680 % for 2015. PE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data is updated yearly, averaging 0.243 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2016, with 57 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.261 % in 1982 and a record low of 0.000 % in 1984. PE: Exports: Low- and Middle-Income Economies: % of Total Goods Exports: Sub-Saharan Africa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank: Exports. Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa are the sum of merchandise exports from the reporting economy to low- and middle-income economies in the Sub-Saharan Africa region according to World Bank classification of economies. Data are as a percentage of total merchandise exports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.; ; World Bank staff estimates based data from International Monetary Fund's Direction of Trade database.; Weighted average;

Peru Energy Balance: Primary: Total Crude: Crude Oil: Exports data was reported at 7,262.000 Barrel/kton in Oct 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 7,262.000 Barrel/kton for Sep 2024. Peru Energy Balance: Primary: Total Crude: Crude Oil: Exports data is updated monthly, averaging 7,289.000 Barrel/kton from Jan 2002 (Median) to Oct 2024, with 274 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7,450.000 Barrel/kton in Feb 2006 and a record low of 0.000 Barrel/kton in Oct 2020. Peru Energy Balance: Primary: Total Crude: Crude Oil: Exports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Joint Organisations Data Initiative. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.JODI.WDB: Energy Balance: Oil. Including lease condensate; Goods having physically crossed the national boundaries excluding transit trade, international marine and aviation bunkers. Exports should exclude international marine and aviation bunkers.

Peru PE: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data was reported at 53.497 USD bn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 44.200 USD bn for 2016. Peru PE: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data is updated yearly, averaging 7.997 USD bn from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2017, with 41 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 53.497 USD bn in 2017 and a record low of 2.144 USD bn in 1977. Peru PE: BOP: Current Account: Exports: Goods, Services and Primary Income data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.World Bank.WDI: Balance of Payments: Current Account. Exports of goods, services and primary income is the sum of goods exports, service exports and primary income receipts. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.; Gap-filled total; Note: Data are based on the sixth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (BPM6) and are only available from 2005 onwards.

Peru Exports: Plastics In Non-Primary Forms data was reported at 26.058 USD mn in Feb 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 26.059 USD mn for Jan 2025. Peru Exports: Plastics In Non-Primary Forms data is updated monthly, averaging 24.895 USD mn from Jan 2015 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 122 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 39.730 USD mn in May 2022 and a record low of 14.801 USD mn in Feb 2017. Peru Exports: Plastics In Non-Primary Forms data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Peru – Table PE.JA013: Exports: by Commodity: SITC Rev 4.