Total volume exported increased 22.1% in August of 2025

The National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) informed that in August of 2025, the total volume exported grew by 22.1%, compared to the same month of the last year. This behavior was explained by the greater shipments of traditional (27.1%) and non-traditional (8.8%) products.

During the period January- August 2025, the total volume exported increased by 12.4%, compared to the same period of the last year, before the greater transactions of fishing traditional products, oil and natural gas, and mining products, as well as those non-traditional products of the following sectors: agribusiness, textile, fishing, chemical, metal-mechanic and iron-steel products.

During August of 2025, the exported volume of traditional products increased by 27.1%, compared to August of 2024, due to the increase in mining exports (30.0%), oil and natural gas (28.1%), as well as agriculture (1.7%) products.

Copper shipments totalized US$ 2,518.70 million and represented more than the half of the exported volume of mining (69.9%) and registered a growth of 48.8%; in addition, 83.4% of the exports of this metal has as destiny China. Likewise, the exports of zinc (13.9%) and refined silver (3.5%) grew; meanwhile, the exports of gold (-6.5%) and lead (-5.7%) reduced.

Exports of traditional fishing products decreased by 13.3% by lower volumes exported of fishmeal (-20.6%); nevertheless, the shipments of fish oil grew (13.4%), compared to the same month of the year 2024. The agriculture exported volume grew by 1.7%, mainly, due to the increase in the sale of coffee (14.5%). In addition, the exports of oil and gas increased by 28.1%, due to the greater volume exported of oil derivates.

During August of 2025, the export volume of non-traditional products increased by 8.8%, compared to the same month of the last year; by the positive evolution of four productive sectors. The exported volumes of the agribusiness sector grew 21.0%, by the growing sales of blueberries (73.0%), crude cacao (4.4%) and asparagus, fresh or chilled (4.5%).

The shipments of metal-mechanic sector increased by 31.8%, due to the transactions of oil power generators of alternating current (69.1%), automobiles for transportation of more than 16 persons (8.7%) and core or well-drilling machinery, self-propelled (11.6%). The exports of the iron and steel sector grew by 8.0%, explained by the greater exports of refined copper wire (14.4%), non-alloy zinc (12.5%), as well as other sheets and strips of refined copper of foil of a thickness more than 0.15 mm (37.1%).

The greater shipment of textile products (3.1%), based in the consumption of cotton T-shirts (18.2%), cotton knit shirts (19.6%) and carded or combed fine animal hair: of alpaca or llama (11.3%).

During August of 2025, the imports increased by 8.3%, compared to the same month of the last year and accumulated 14 months of consecutive growth. On the other hand, compared to the same month of the last year, and accumulated 14 months of consecutive growth. On the other hand, during the period January-August of 2025, the imports increased by 15.9%, compared to the same period of the last year, due to the greater income of consumption goods (19.3%), capital goods and construction materials (19.3%), as well as raw materials and intermediate products (12.4%).

During the month under analysis, the imported volume of capital goods and construction materials grew by 21.9%, compared to the volume registered in August of 2024, driven by the purchases of goods in its different uses or economic destinies.

The capital goods for the industry registered a positive variation of 9.9%, due to the increase in the acquisitions of machines for data processing of weight lower or equal to 10 Kg (64.7%), machines which super-structure can spin 360° (224.3%), parts of machines and devices for cranes, dozers and devices for plain (34.0%), as well as loaders and wheel loaders of front loader (39.6%), among others.

The imported volume of transportation equipment increased by 46.1% and among the products, components outstood the diesel vehicles for transportation of load higher than 20 tons (123.2%) and pneumatics used in vehicles and machines for construction and mining (103.0%). The similar behavior showed the capital goods for the agriculture (142.4%), especially, crawler tractors (46.7%). In the case of construction materials (26.4%) were the constructions and its parts of cast iron or cast steel (149.3%), as well as ceramic and stone tile (12.4%).

The import of consumption goods increased by 15.7%, compared to the month of August of 2024, result in which influenced the greater purchases of non-durable (12.7%) and durable (19.8%) consumption goods.

The non-durable consumption goods that most outstanding were the medicines for human use (22.1%), other footwear (14.6%), beauty preparations, make-up and skin care (23.4%) and different toys (29.2%). Among the durable consumption goods (19.8%), were the assemble automobiles (36.6%), automobiles with piston engine or 4x4 trucks (86.4%), the rest of vehicles (68.5%), plastic products (51.6%), as well as motorcycles and velocipedes with piston engine (13.4%).

During the month of August of 2025, the volume imported of raw materials and intermediate products reduced by 2.6%, compared with the level registered during August of 2024, explained by the contraction in purchases of fuels, lubricants and allied products (-18.7%), mainly, crude oil (-22.2%), Diesel B5 (-15.3%) and Diesel B2 (-43.0%); followed by the raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture (-7.4%), specially, oil cakes and the rest of solid waste of the extraction of soybean oil (-4.4%).

On the other hand, the raw materials and intermediate products for the industry increased by 6.3% associated to the greater demand of durum wheat other tan seed (78.6%), gold ore and its concentrates (145.6%), polyethylene of low density (1.5%) and laminated products of tinned iron or steel of thickness less than 0.5 mm (222.5%).