Total volume exported of goods grew 7.1% in 2024

During the year 2024, the total volume exported of goods increased by 7.1% compared to 2023. This was informed by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics in the technical report Evolution of Exports and Import. Likewise, it was informed that the real value of FOB exports totalized US$ 51,911.20 million.

The volume exported of traditional products grew by 6.2% driven by the shipments of the mining sector (4.5%), mainly of gold (43.1%), lead (35.2%), molybdenum (40.8%) and iron (14.2%). Likewise, the volume exported of non-traditional products increased by 9.3% due to the greater shipments of products of the agricultural (18.3%), chemical (13.5%), iron and steel industries (14.4%), textile (6.9%) and metal-mechanic (4.3%) sector.

With the same trend, the total volume of FOB import grew 8.0% before the greater acquisitions of raw materials and intermediate products for the industry (11.6%), particularly, the mining products (8.4%); followed by capital goods and construction materials (9.3%) such as capital goods for the industry (8.7%) and transportation equipment (8.5%). The same behavior, had the consumption goods (4.8%), outstanding the machines and devices of domestic use (13.1%), food products prepared (8.9%), as well as pharmaceutical products and grooming products (8.8%).

The imported volume of consumption foods progressed by 4.8% compared to the level in 2023. This result was explained by the greater purchases of non-durable consumer goods (8,0%), such as the medicines for human use (5.3%), other footwear (28.4%) and different toys (7.9%). The durable consumer goods increased by 0.4%, mainly televisions (14.0%), plastic manufactures (19.5%) and other vehicles (12.7%).

During 2024 raw materials and intermediate products increased by 8.7%, due to the greater demand of raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture (20.1%), raw materials and intermediate products for the industry (11.6%) and fuels, lubricants and allied products (1.1%). At the level of products, it increased the purchases of crude oil (24.9%), diesel B5 (12.1%), hard yellow corn (13.4%), waste and scrap of iron and steel (16.2%) and hard wheat for sowing (13.6%).

The imported volume of capital goods and construction materials grew by 9.3%, explained by the positive result of all sectors, mainly the capital goods for the industry (8.7%) and transportation equipment (8.5%). Among the products that influenced in the result, were the Smart phones (21.4%), machines for data processing of weight lower or equal to 10 Kg (18.5%), digital telecommunications devices or by carrier current (7.6%).

During December of 2024, the total volume exported of goods increased 2.8% compared to the same month of 2023, a result associated to the greater shipments of non-traditional products (14.3%), of the agriculture (22.7%), textile (16.0%), metal mechanic (7.9%), iron and steel industries (31.6%) and non-metallic mining (4.8%); meanwhile it decreased the shipment of traditional products (-1.8%).

During December of 2024, the export volume of non-traditional products grew by 14.3%, compared to the same month of the last year. Outstood by an increasing behavior of volumes exported of the agricultural sector (22.7%) explained by the greater sales of fresh grapes (28.7%), mangos and mangosteens (126.3%), fresh or refrigerated asparagus (31.5%) and raw cacao (67.0%).

The shipments of iron and steel sector during December of 2024, increased by 31.6%, compared to the same month of the last year, by greater shipments of unalloyed zinc (4.1%), sheets and strips of refined copper of thickness greater than 0.15 mm (211.0%) and copper refined wire (55.1%), among the main ones. The textile sector grew by 16.0%, based in the greater transactions of cotton T-shirts (41.7%), cotton knit shirts (11.0%), synthetic or artificial fibers shirts (79.7%) and carded fine animal hair or comber alpaca or llama hair (2.3%).

The shipments of metal-mechanic sector registered a variation of 7.9% due to the increase in the transaction of machine parts to classify, grind earth, stone, stone or solid mineral (19.9%). Likewise, the shipments of the non-metallic mining sector increased by 4.8%, due to the greater volume exported of anthracites (248.2%) and plates and ceramic tiles (82.6%).

During December of 2024, the real value of export of traditional products decreased by 1.8% compared to the same month of the last year, explained by the fall of copper (-20.8%), zinc (-9.8%), iron (-7.5%), coffee (-53.4%) and sugar (-92.2%) shipments. Meanwhile it grew 57.4%, the shipments of fishing traditional products due to the greater sales of fishmeal (58.6%) and fish oil (38.7%).

During December of 2024, the import in real values of 2007 increased by 15.6%, compared to the same month of the last year, explained by the greater purchases of raw materials and intermediate products (19.5%), consumption goods (17.4%) and capital goods and construction materials (8.6%).

The volume imported of raw material and intermediate products was higher by 19.5% than the level registered during the month of December of 2023, explained by the greater purchases of raw material and intermediate products for agriculture (28.1%) and industry (21.7%), as well as fuels, lubricants and allied imported products (13.5%).

Likewise, the raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture with greater demand were the oilcakes and the rest of solid residues of the extraction of soybean oil (48.6%) and preparations for animal feeding (29.8%); followed by hard yellow corn (6.0%), hard wheat except for sowing (34.6%); in the sector of raw material and intermediate products for the industry it outstood the polypropylene in primary forms (36.8%) and laminated products such as plates of iron and galvanized steel (32.4%).

Among the fuels, lubricants and allied products imported outstood the crude oil (10.1%), diesel B2 (22.4%) and diesel B5 (12,4%).

During the month under study, the import of consumption goods increased by 17.4% compared with the value reached in December 2023. In this behavior influenced the purchases of non-durable consumption goods (12.7%) and durable consumption goods (24.1%).

The non-durable consumption goods that outstood were the medicines for human use (8.8%), other footwear (3.0%), different toys (26.1%), preparations for laundry and for cleaning for retail sale (77.7%), milk and powder, granulated or solid concentrated cream (57.8%), and preparations for beauty, make-up and skincare (23.7%). Also grew the acquisition of televisions (148.3%), motorcycles and velocipede with piston engine (41.7%), and combo of refrigerator and freezer with separated exterior doors (38.6%), among the durable consumption goods.

The INEI informed that the volume imported of capital goods and construction materials grew by 8.6%, compared to the volume registered in December 2023, driven by the greater purchases of goods in its different uses or economic destinations.

Capital goods for the industry sector registered a variation of 4.9% in the import volumes, due to the greater purchases of smartphones (23.6%), machines for data processing of weight inferior or equal to 10 kg (91.2%), digital telecommunication devices or carrier current (25.0%), as well as parts of devices for reception, conversion and transmission or voice or other type (42.1%).

The volume imported of transportation equipment increased by 14.1%, at level of products outstood the pneumatics used in vehicles and machines for construction and mining (37.0%), Diesel vehicles for transportation of cargo greater than 20 tons (0.4%) and road tractors for semi-trailer (92.4%).

A similar behavior showed the construction materials (20.7%), particularly, the iron or unalloyed steel rods with indentations and ribs (92.8%), tubes and welded hollow profiles of square or rectangular section (51.6%); among the goods of capital for agriculture were the caterpillar tractors (21.0%), and machines and devices for agriculture, horticulture, silviculture and others (389.3%).