Peru led Pacific Alliance's exports growth ranking in 2017 by reaching US$44.502 billion —a 22.6% increase, the Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry reported.
In this sense, the Inca country surpassed Colombia (+19%), Chile (+9.9%), and Mexico (+9.4%).
Said result is explained by higher exports from hydrocarbons,
mining, and agro-industry sectors.
Oil and natural gas shipments grew 70.4%. In this regard, diesel (+569%) and gasoline (+112%) stood out.
Finally, agro-industry shipments increased 8%, with higher sales of blueberries (+50%) and fresh avocados (+46%).
Pacific Alliance
Pacific Alliance exports experienced an 11% increase in 2017, mainly underpinned by higher shipments of oil and derivatives (+25%), as well as
mining products (+21%).
Likewise, the bloc's foreign sales totaled US$557 billion, thus accounting for 4% of world's total shipments.
This way, the group —composed of Peru, Mexico, Colombia, and Chile— is only surpassed by total shipments from the European Union, China, United States, Japan, and South Korea.
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Published: 3/1/2018