Peru Trade Surplus Widens in July

Peru’s trade surplus widened to USD 3,309 million in July 2026 from USD 2,432 million in the same month a year earlier. Exports surged 33.4% year-on-year to USD 10,068 million, driven by higher sales of traditional products (43.6%) and non-traditional products (4.5%), while other products fell 3.4%. Meanwhile, imports grew 32.2% to USD 6,759 million, led by increases in consumer goods (37.1%), supplies (29.0%), and capital goods (43.5%), while imports of other goods plunged 95.9%. Over the first seven months of the year, Peru recorded a trade surplus of USD 26,064 million, expanding sharply from USD 15,738 million in the same period last year. Exports totaled USD 66,506 million, 36.9% higher than a year earlier, while imports amounted to USD 40,441 million, an increase of 23.2%.

Peru’s trade surplus widened to USD 3,169 million in June 2026 from USD 2,795 million in the corresponding month of the previous year. Exports grew 23.4% year-on-year to USD 8,906 million, driven by higher sales of traditional products (30.2%), non-traditional products (1.2%), and other products (157.6%). Imports surged 29.7% to USD 5,737 million, led by increases in consumer goods (23.1%), supplies (27.1%), and capital goods (39.2%), while imports of other goods declined 30.7%. In the first half of the year, Peru recorded a trade surplus of USD 22,756 million, expanding sharply from USD 13,306 million in the same period last year. Exports totaled USD 56,438 million, 37.6% higher than a year earlier, while imports amounted to USD 33,682 million, an increase of 21.5%.

Peru’s trade surplus widened to USD 3,473 million in May 2026 from USD 1,955 million in the same month last year. Exports surged 38.9% year-on-year to USD 9,415 million, driven by higher shipments of traditional products (+52.2%) and other products (+176.4%), although exports of non-traditional products fell 2.3%. Imports also increased, though at a slower pace, rising 23.2% to USD 5,941 million, as purchases of consumer goods (+21.5%), capital goods (+29.9%), and raw materials and intermediate goods (+19.9%) continued to grow, partly offset by a decline in other goods (-45.7%). In the first five months of the year, Peru’s exports totaled USD 47,345 million, up 40.1%, while imports reached USD 27,836 million, an increase of 19.5%. As a result, the trade surplus widened to USD 19,509 million from USD 10,511 million in the same period last year.