reported on Wednesday.
The result was driven by the favorable performance of the agricultural (17.3%), chemical (11.1%), and textile (4.7%) sectors.
Products
Within this framework, the greater placement of blueberries (19.5%), natural calcium phosphate (16.3%), cotton t-shirts (10.3%), squid and cuttlefish (19.7%), refined copper wire (25.7%), avocados (76.8%), cacao beans (78.7%), and tires (417.7%) stood out.
Total exported volume
In September 2020, the total exported volume of goods decreased by 26.4% —if compared to September 2019— due to lower shipments of traditional products (-38.2%), while shipments of
non-traditional products rose by 6.2%.
In the first nine months of this year, the total exported volume fell by 20.8%, as did that of traditional (-23.8%) and
non-traditional (-12.3%) products.
It is worth highlighting the positive performance of the
non-traditional agricultural sector (4.6%) explained by higher shipments of avocados,
grapes, blueberries, tangerines, artichokes, canned asparagus, and mangoes.
Last September, traditional exports volume was reduced by 38.2%, compared to the same month of the previous year.
Thus, exported mining products volume plunged by 40.4% due to lower shipments of copper (-47.5%), gold (-16.0%), zinc (-43.2%), and iron (-99.9%), among the main ones.
On the contrary, shipments of tin (19.2%) and refined silver (19.2%) increased.
Peru's agricultural exports volume decreased 16.3% due to lower coffee sales (-13.8%). A similar behavior was registered in the oil and natural gas (-67%) spheres as no crude oil transactions were recorded.
On the other hand, shipments of traditional fishery products increased 63.7% due to higher sales of fishmeal (76.8%).