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17 de mayo del 2012
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You don't need to come to Peru to start doing business with Peruvian firms. Perumarketplaces.com offers the opportunity to buy from important Peruvian companies in industries such as Textile, Agriculture, Fisheries, Forestry, Footwear, and Handcraft.

Peruvian climate and diverse geography offers many advantages, and allows our country to offer a wide range of products in different processing stages, generating excellent foreign trade opportunities. The Pacific Ocean provides a huge variety of seafood; the coast, with many fertile valleys, provides with high quality cotton and agriculture products that runs opposite to the Northern hemisphere; the Andes, containing most of the mineral resources, are the habitat of the Andean ruminants, such as llama and vicuna, which wool is highly appreciate; Finally, the Amazonian jungle providing timber that is transformed in high-quality wood products.

Currently, Peru is member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC), the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC), the Andean Community (CAN), and the Integration Latinoamerican Association (ALADI).

Peru has several trading partners including the United States, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, China, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Germany.

 

MAIN INDICATORS

Area 1,285.21 Sq. Km.
Population 27.9 millions
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) US$ 64 150 millions
GDP per-capita US$ 2 332
Inflation 4.6% annual
Net International Reserves (NIR) US$ 10 198 millions
External Debt US$ 27 653.0 millions
Exports FOB US$ 17 000 millions
Imports CIF US$ 11 560 millions
Trade Balance US$ 5 440 millions
Stock of Foreign Investment US$ 12 896 millions
Economic Active Population 12 924 549 (2002)