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Peru registers US$2.65 bn trade surplus as at July 2017

Exports. Photo: ANDINA/ Archive.

Exports. Photo: ANDINA/ Archive.

14:18 | Lima, Sep. 8.

Peru has registered an accumulated trade surplus worth US$2.65 billion in the first seven months of 2017, Central Reserve Bank (BCR) reported on Friday.

Within this framework, Peru's trade balance posted a US$213-million surplus last July, driven by current exports dynamism, it added.

Exports

Peru's exports value expanded 1.4% last July, thus accumulating 13 months of consecutive growth.

Expansion was mainly supported by higher non-traditional shipments (+7.5%). Products from the farming (+13.9%) and fishing (+22%) sectors stood out in this sense.

However, traditional exports slid 0.7% in the said period.

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Published: 9/8/2017