Total volume exported grew 5.2% in 2023

During 2023, the total volume exported of goods increased in 5.2% compared to 2022, explained by the greatest transactions of traditional (6.8%) and non-traditional (1.3%) products. This was informed by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI), in the technical report Evolution of Exports and Imports, prepared with the information of the National Superintendency of Customs and Tax Administration (SUNAT).

 

Likewise, the export volume of traditional products was driven by the greatest shipments of copper (20.0%), gold (4.8%), zinc (8.4%), lead (5.5%) and oil derivates (15.2%). In addition, the shipments of agricultural products such as fresh grapes (20.9%) and blueberries (18.0%) increased; as well as fish products such as mussels, scallops, frozen (42.3%); metal-mechanic such as core drilling machines (42.1%) and non-metallic mining such as natural calcium phosphate (13.8%), among the non-traditional products.

 

The total volume of FOB import decreased in 2.4%, in 2023, due to the lower acquisitions of raw materials and intermediate products for the industry (-6.8%); capital goods for industry (-2.1%); raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture (-12.5%); construction materials (-5.6%) and capital goods for the agriculture (-16.4%). On the other hand, the purchases of fuels, lubricants and allied products (1.7%) increased; such as non-durable consumption goods (1.8%); durable consumption goods (0.2%) and transportation equipment (3.5%).

 

The INEI informed that the volume imported of consumer goods was greater in 1.1% compared to the level reached in 2022, due to the greater purchases of non-durable consumption goods (1.8%), such as other footwear (145%), beauty, make-up and skin care preparations (21.0%), among others. Likewise, the durable consumption goods increased in 0.2%, outstanding automobiles (1.5%) and refrigerator and freezer of separated exterior doors (26.6%).

 

The acquisition of raw materials and raw materials and intermediate products decreased in 4.6% explained by the lower demand of raw materials and intermediate products for agriculture (-12.5%) and raw materials and intermediate products for the industry (-6.8%). At level of products, the purchases of diesel B5 (-29.7%), gasoline without tetra ethylene for automobiles (-8.6%), waste and scrap of iron and steel (-23.6%), wheat except for sowing (-2.6%) and polypropylene in primary forms (-12.6%) reduced.

 

The same trend showed the volume imported of capital goods and construction materials by decreasing 1.2%, explained mainly by the negative result of the import of capital goods for the industry (-2.1%), construction materials (-5.6%) and capital goods for agriculture (-16.4%). 

 

Among the products that influenced in the result, are the Smart phones (-12.6%), trucks (-6.9%), machines for data processing of weight lower or equal to 10 kg (-42.2%), among the main ones.

 

In December of 2023, the total volume exported decreased in 0.3%, compared to the same month of the last year, before the lower shipments of non- traditional products (-2.1%), among them were the following sectors: textile (-1.2%), fishing (-24.5%), chemical (-3.5%), iron & steel industries (-22.0%) and non-metallic mining (-31.1%).  

 

The products that influenced in this negative performance were cotton T-shirts (-5.9%), cotton knit shirts (-22.4%); mussels, scallops, frozen (-57.8%), squids and cuttlefishes (-61.5%); color lacquers (-2.2%); non-alloy zinc (-2.0%), refined copper wire (-25.2%), iron bar, non-alloy steel with indentations and ribs (-59.4%); natural calcium phosphate (-32.9%), laminated safety glass for automobiles, aircrafts and others (-24.3%); as well as anthracites (-58.5%).

 

The export of traditional products grew in 0.4%, compared to December 2022 and accumulated four months in a row of positive results. Within this context, outstood the shipments of mining sector by growing in 4.9%, compared to the levels registered in December of 2022 due to greater shipments of copper (7.4%), zinc (37.7%), gold (6.4%), molybdenum (31.3%), oil derivates (1.4%) and coffee (65.8%). Nevertheless, the shipments of oil and natural gas decreased in 44.0%, due to the lower demand of natural gas.

 

During the month under analysis, the total imported volume decreased 0.5% compared to the same month of 2022, explained by the lower purchases of raw materials and intermediate products (-2.4%). On the other hand, the consumption of capital goods and construction materials (0.6%) and consumer goods (2.2%).

 

Among the highest purchases of capital goods for the industry outstood the smart phones (35.4%), machines which superstructure can rotate 360° (130.9%) and devices of digital telecommunications (7.1%). In addition, the most purchased construction materials and its parts of iron and steel casting (135.0%) and ceramic tiles with water absorption coefficient lower or equal to 0.5% (65.1%), impact in the positive result.

 

On the other hand, the transportation equipment decreased in 12.7%, due to the lower import of trucks (-38.9%), pneumatics used in vehicles and machines for construction and mining (-27,6%), pneumatics of used in buses or truckloads (-8.5%) and road trucks for semi-trailer (-42.7%). As well as, the imports of capital goods for agriculture (-4.2%), due to the lower domestic consumption of track-laying tractors of power higher than 75 kW and lower or equal to 130 kW (-9.9%).

 

The import volume of consumption goods increased in 2.2%, compared to the same month of 2022, due to the greater purchases of non-durable consumption goods (4.5%), due to the dynamism in the acquisitions of human use medicines (7.7%), other footwear (37.7%), medicines for human use that have vitamins (26.8%), toys (16.8%), shampoos (25.3%), among the most representatives.  On the other hand, among the durable consumption goods decreased the purchase of automobiles (-9.6%), TVs (-12.8%), plastic manufacturing (-3.9%), among others.