Export volume of non-traditional products grew 6.1% in the year 2022

During the year 2022, the export volume of non-traditional products increased 6.1%, compared with 2021; due to the greater shipments of the agricultural (3.6%), chemical (4.5%), iron and steel (4.4%), textile (9.0%), non-metallic mining (48.2%) and metal-y metal mechanic (8.3%) sectors. This was informed by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) in the technical report Evolution of Exports and Imports.

Among the non-traditional products outstood the greater shipments of fresh grapes (7.6%) and blueberries (14.9%); sulfuric acid (117.8%); iron and steel such as iron or non-alloy steel bars with indentation and ribs (3.3%); cotton T- shirts (13.2%); natural calcium phosphate (48.5%) and machinery parts for classifying, grinding earth, stone or solid mineral (75.0%).

In 2022, the total volume exported of goods reduced in 6.3% compared to the year 2021, due to the lower shipments of traditional products (-11.3%), mainly from the mining (-16.1%) and fishing (-10.3%) sector, that was the case of copper (-15.7%), gold (-2.4%), zinc (-31.2%) and lead (-17.1%); as well as the fish meal (-8.5%).

The main destination countries were China (33.7%), United States of America (14.8%), between both of them represented the 48.5% of the total volume exported, followed by Japan (5.1%), South Korea (4.6%) and Netherlands (3.2%).

During the year 2022, the total import volume FOB increased in 2.2% due to the greater acquisitions of raw materials and intermediate products for the industry (4.3%); fuels, lubricants and allied products (16.5%); non- durable consumer goods (2.1%); transportation equipment (1.5%) and, raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture (2.2%). Nevertheless, it decreased the purchase of capital goods for the industry (-3.2%), durable consumer goods (-5.3%), construction materials (-13.2%) and capital goods for agriculture (-2.6%).

The acquisition of raw materials and intermediate products increased in 7.5% due to the greater local demand of raw materials and intermediate products for the industry (4.3%), fuels, lubricants and allied products (16.5%), as well as raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture (2.2%). At the level of products, it increased the purchases of Diesel B5, with a Sulphur content lower or equal to 50 ppm (47.3%); waste and scrap of iron and Steel (38.1%); gasoline without tetraethylene for automobiles (4.8%); petroleum crude oil (3.9%); Diesel B2 with a content of Sulphur lower or equal to 50 ppm (2.2%) and polyethylene of high density (1.0%).

The import of capital goods and construction materials decreased in 3.0% explained mainly by the negative result of the imports of capital goods for the industry (-3.2%), construction materials (-13.2%) and capital goods for agriculture (-2.6%). Among the products that contributed to this performance were the machines for data processing of a weigh lower or equal to 10 kg (-19.0%) and mechanic shovels, excavators, loaders and wheel loaders (-2,0%).

The volume imported of consumption goods decreased in -1.3% due to lower purchases of durable consumer goods (-5.3%) such as televisions (-22.3%), motorcycles (-27.8%) and plastic manufacturing (-12.3%). On the other hand, it increased the non-durable consumer goods (2.1%), it was the case of concentrated milk and cream powdered, granulated or solid (1.4%), other footwear (41.4%) and medicines for cancer and HIV treatment (11.0%).

In December of the year 2022, the total volume exported of goods decreased in 23.5% compared to the same month of 2021, as a result of the lower shipment of traditional products (-34.5%), explained by the contraction of mining (-37.7%), petroleum and natural gas (-21,4%), agricultural (-34.1%) and fishing (-8.7%) shipments. Likewise, the export of non-traditional products reduced in 0.1% after two months of continuous positive results.

Among the traditional products that explain the result were the contraction of copper (-35.0%), natural gas (-23.5%), gold (-4.5%), lead (-6.4%) and molybdenum (-76.9%); petroleum products (-24.1%); zinc (-66.1%); coffee (-39.0%) and fishmeal (-7.2%) shipments. Among the non-traditional products: asparagus (-9.2%), artichokes (-29.7%) and raw cacao (-19.4%); zinc oxide (-36.3%); plates, sheets and foils and strips of polymers of ethylene (-4.6%) and plates of polymers of propylene (-37.8%); cotton T-shirts (-19.3%), T-shirts and knit shirts of other textile material (-35.9%) and carded or combed fine alpaca or llama hair (-32.9%); exploration of or drilling machines, self-propelled (-42,2%), among the main ones.

During December of 2022, the imports decreased in 1.3% compared to the same month of the last year, explained by the lower purchases of capital goods and construction material (-0.4%) and consumer goods (-9.6%). On the other hand, raw materials and intermediate products increased in 2.5%.

Therefore, the import volume of consumption goods decreased in 9.6% due to the lower purchases of non-durable consumer goods (-5.8%) and durable consumer goods (-14.3%). Among the non-durable consumer goods that explain the result were the footwear of textile material and rubber or plastic sole (-19.0%), medicines that have vitamins for human consumption (-7.7%) and medicines for HIV and cancer treatment (-22.8%). In addition, it decreased the import of durable consumer goods products such as televisions (-57.7%), plastic manufactures (-7.3%) and motorcycles (-29.1%).

The volume imported of capital goods and construction materials presented a variation of -0.4% due to the lower purchases of capital goods for the industry (-4.2%), construction materials (-9.6%) and capital goods for agriculture (-19.9%).

Among the capital goods for the industry are machines for data processing of a weight lower or equal to 10 kg (-34.8%) and the machines that make two or more functions: printing, copy or fax (-29.8%). In addition, the construction materials less purchased were scaffolding material or formwork of iron or steel (-32.9%). In the case of the capital goods for agriculture it was decisively the lower purchase of caterpillar tractors of power greater than 37 kW and lower or equal to 75 kW (-9.1%).

On the other hand, it increased the purchase of transportation equipment in 16.2% explained by the import of trucks (92.4%), Diesel vehicles for the transportation of merchandise with load higher than 20 T (47.1%), road tractors for semi-trailers (30.2%), pneumatics used in autobuses or trucks (51.7%), autobuses (10.2%) and vehicles with load higher or equal to 9.3 T (14.6%).

The volume imported of raw material and intermediate products grew in 2.5% explained by the greater purchase of fuels, lubricants and allied products (36.6%), associated to greater purchases of Diesel B2 (12.9%) y B5 (11.1%), gasoline without tetraethylene for automobiles (23.1%), among the main ones. On the other hand, it decreased the purchase of raw materials and intermediate products for the industry (-6.2%) before the lower demand of polyethylene of high density (-22.7%), raw soybean oil (-56.2%), polypropylene in primary forms (-25.7%) and polyethylene of low density (-35.8%); also it contracted the demand of raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture (-17.5%), due to lower requirement of oil-cakes and solid residues resulting from the extraction of soybean oil (-13,8%).