Peru, geographical center to South America’s Western Region, is today one of the top countries being observed by investors as starting points for industrial productive processes, given the variety of row materials it offers. Peru is starting to regain its position as South America’s axis of commerce, and as an important point of reference for the whole of Latin America, regarding the commerce and trade through export and import of several raw material, natural resources, manufactured goods and handicrafts.

Some relevant notes on Peru’s geography
Peru, as a central country of South America, presents political borderlines with Ecuador to the north; Colombia to the northeast; Brazil to the east; with Bolivia to the southeast; Chile to the south; and with the Pacific Ocean, on a 200 mile extension of naval territory, to the west of its coasts. These frontiers set Peru on an advantageous geographical position for export and import commerce with all of its neighboring countries of South America and with Latin America in general; not to mention the fact that it also eases trade and commerce between them. Also, Peru’s central position with respect to South America gives it an additional advantage for commerce because of the location of its port; having the Asian marketplaces across the ocean and not far away, to the north, North and Central American marketplaces as well as the Panama Canal, which provides access to the European marketplaces.

Another important aspect of Peru’s geography is its natural richness and its biodiversity; because Peru possesses eight well defined natural regions in which practically any food product, fiber, plant, animal or resource, renewable or not, can be either, found, produced, harvested or bred. This is part of the wonder of Peru, because of sharing coast, sierra and jungle, and is one the mayor reasons for which commerce in Peru is diversified in so many marketplaces.

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