Volume exported of non-traditional products grew 18.3% during February of 2025

Through technical report “Evolution of Exports and Imports” prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), in February of 2025, the volume exported of non-traditional products increased 18.3%, compared to the same month of the last year, driven by the increase of shipments registered in five productive sectors.

This positive performance was driven by the volumes exported coming from the agriculture sector by 26.0%, before the greater sales of fresh grapes (137.4%), raw cacao (58.7%) and preparations for animal feeding (16.1%).

The exports in the iron and steel sector increased by 22.1%, explained by the improve in the transaction of refined copper wire (43.4%), other sheets and strips of refined copper of a thickness exceeding 0,15 mm (112.2%), as well as iron and bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel with indentations and ribs (29.1%). Likewise, the textile sector showed a progress of 30.8% due to the greater transactions of cotton shirts (55.9%), knit cotton shirts (39.6%) and cotton knit fabrics (97.7%).

In addition, the shipments of the metal-mechanic sector registered a variation of 17.1%, due to the improve in the transaction of parts of machines to classify, grind, earth, stone or solid mineral (21.3%), windscreens, rear windshield and other windows (432.3%), as well as devices of digital telecommunications or by carrier current (1,210.3%). The volumes exported of the chemical sector expanded by 2.7%, due to the increase in the sales of plates of polymers of polypropylene (11.8%), sulfuric acid (2.0%) and cochineal carmine (56.1%).

During February of 2025, the total volume exported of goods reduced by 10.2%, compared to the same month of 2024. This result was explained by the lower shipments of traditional products by 19.9%. In accumulated terms, January-February 2025, the total exports grew by 0.9%.

The mining volume exported decreased by 28.8%, compared to the registered level in February of 2024, due to the lower sales of minerals such as copper (-44.1%), in spite of this performance it remains as the main driver of exports. In addition, it showed a lower dynamism of shipments of molybdenum (-18.1%), iron (-37.5%) and zinc (-61.2%).

In addition, the shipments of the agriculture sector reduced by 60.6%, by the lower sales of coffee (-65.3%) and sugar (-46.5%). On the other hand, the exports of fishing traditional products grew by 31.4% explained by the volume exported of fish oil (620.7%) and fishmeal (9.0%). Likewise, the shipments of oil and gas increased by 81.9%, due to the greater volume exported of natural gas (139.4%) and crude oil (316.7%).

During February of 2025, the imports increased 10.0%, compared to the same month of the year 2024, amounting eight months of continuous growth. On the other hand, during the first two months of 2025, the imports grew by 18.0% by comparing to the same period of the last year. It was the case of consumption goods (20.5%), capital goods and construction materials (17.7%), as well as raw materials and intermediate products (17.2%).

During the month under analysis, the import of consumption goods increased by 19.3% compared to the value reached in February of 2024, due to the greater purchases of non-durable (15.8%) and durable (24.8%) consumption goods.

The non-durable consumption goods which most distinguished were the other footwear (29.4%), milk and concentrated cream in powder, granulated or solid (87.1%), medicines for cancer treatment or of HIV for the retail sale (77.1%), and preparations for beauty, make-up and skincare (21.3%). Among the durable consumption goods outstood the assembled cars (1.4%), televisions (39.2%), motorcycles and velocipedes with piston engine (58.4%), the rest of vehicles (160.9%) and plastic manufactures (26,1%).

The INEI informed that the volume imported of capital goods and construction material grew by 8.3% compared to the volume registered in February 2024. This behavior was driven by the greater purchases of goods in its different uses or economic destinations, except construction materials (-0.4%).

The capital good for the industry sector registered a variation of 10.2% in the volumes of import, due to the increase in the acquisitions of digital telecommunication devices or by carrier current (38.0%), machines for data processing of weight lower or equal to 10 kg (15.6%), parts of devices for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice (17.5%), as well as machines which superstructure can spin 360° (8.1%).

The volume imported of transportation equipment increased 2.5%, at level of products outstood the road tractors for semi-trailers (12.2%), trucks for the transportation of cargo (74.8%) and diesel vehicles for transportation of load higher to 20 tons (20.7%). The same behavior showed the capital goods for the agriculture (77.8%), particularly, the machines of cleaning or classification of fruits (1,707.9%).

During February of 2025, the volume imported of raw materials and intermediate products was higher by 7.0% compared to the level registered during the month of February of 2024, due to the greater purchases of raw materials and intermediate products for the industry by 18.5%, outstanding the purchases of durum wheat other than seed (32.1%), soya bean crude oil (156.8%), hard yellow corn (56,4%), polypropylene in primary forms (35.9%), as well as biodiesel and its blends without petroleum oils or of bituminous minerals (177.7%).

On the other hand, the fuels, lubricants and allied products, as well as raw materials and intermediate products for the agriculture reduced by 5.6% and 29.0%, respectively; registering lower demand of crude oil of petroleum (-14.6%), diesel B5 (-29.3%), cakes and the rest solid residues of the extraction of soybean oil (-1.4%), as well as mineral fertilizers with a percentage of nitrogen higher or equal to 45.0% but lower or equal to 46.0% in weight (-55.6%).