Peru–Guatemala Free Trade Agreement to enter into force on July 1

12:07 | Lima, Jun. 23.

The Government has ordered the implementation, effective July 1, 2026, of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and Guatemala, as well as the Protocol to the Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.

The measure was made official through Supreme Decree No. 007-2026-Mincetur, published on Tuesday in the Legal Regulations bulletin of the Official Gazette El Peruano.

The decree recalls that the FTA was signed in Guatemala City on December 6, 2011, while the supplementary protocol was inked in Lima on April 23, 2025.

Both instruments were ratified through Supreme Decree No. 023-2026-RE, published on May 29 of this year.

According to today's decree, the agreement stipulates that it shall enter into force 60 days after both parties exchange notifications confirming the completion of their respective domestic legal procedures, or on such date as they may mutually agree.

In this context, Peru and Guatemala exchanged the corresponding notifications confirming the completion of those procedures.

Likewise, the two countries agreed that both the agreement and the protocol would enter into force on July 1, 2026.

The decree further states that the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) will notify the relevant authorities of any measures necessary for the proper implementation of both trade instruments.

It also notes that the full texts of the Free Trade Agreement between Peru and Guatemala and its protocol are available in Spanish on Mincetur's Trade Agreements website.

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Published: 6/23/2026