Latinnews Daily - 06 November 2017

Peru: Peru’s foreign trade & tourism minister, Eduardo Ferreyros, has announced that Peru’s total exports reached US$31.7bn in the first nine months of 2017, up 25% on the same period in 2016. He said the increase was driven by sales to Asian countries, highlighting in particular a 57.4% increase in exports to Japan, a 52% rise in exports to South Korea, and a 48% increase in exports to China. While failing to provide absolute figures, he noted that Peru’s traditional exports were up 31.5% in the first nine months of 2017 compared with the same period in 2016, with mining up 27.4%, fishmeal up 64.5%, and petrol derivatives up by 65.4%.

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