Peru's non-traditional exports totaled US$1.038 billion in March 2019, thus increasing 1.4% compared to the same month last year, underlining the rise of shipped volume (+7.2%), Central Reserve Bank (BCR) has informed.
In this sense, the issuing entity indicated
non-traditional sales abroad amounted to US$3.232 billion in the first quarter of this year (+2.9%).
This outcome was underpinned by a 9.3% increase in exports, especially of
farming and
fishery products.
Likewise, the
fishery (+34.8%) and chemical (+4.8%) sectors posted the highest dynamism.
In the first three months of the year, fishery (+20.5%), and
textile (+7.2%), and farming (+6.8%) products recorded greater sales.
In the last 12 months —until March 2019—
Peru's non-traditional exports registered the highest growth (+9.2%) among the main Latin American countries.
(END) CNA/DTK/MVB
Published: 5/13/2019