exports totaled US$1.312 billion in April 2019, thus increasing 4.9% compared to the same month last year (US$1.251 billion), the
The main destinations were China, Japan, and South Korea.
According to the privately-run guild,
copper shipments accounted for 29% (US$4.374 billion) of total exports in the first four-month period of this year, which reached US$14.903 billion.
Likewise, it informed
copper shipments accounted for 51% of mining exports —worth US$8.583 billion— between January and April 2019.
However,
copper shipments reached US$4.374 billion in the first four months of 2019, thus decreasing 11.4% compared to the same period in 2018.
Gold
On the other hand,
gold exports amounted to US$571 million in April this year. The target markets were India, Switzerland, and the U.S.
Total exports
Mining shipments reached US$8.583 billion in the first four months of 2019, a 12% decrease compared to the same period last year.
"However,
mining exports accounted for 58% of Peru's total sales abroad between last January and April (US$14.903 billion)," SNMPE expressed.
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