Peru registers record 12-month trade surplus

LIMA, June 14 (Xinhua) -- Peru's 12-month trade surplus reached a new record of 26.71 billion U.S. dollars as of April, the Central Reserve Bank of Peru reported Saturday.

In April alone, the country registered a trade surplus of 1.33 billion dollars, an increase of 503 million dollars compared to the same month in 2024.

Exports totaled 5.80 billion dollars in April, up 12.4 percent year-on-year, driven mainly by a 10.6 percent increase in average export prices and a 1.5 percent rise in export volume, the bank said in a statement.

Traditional exports brought in 4.1 billion dollars, a 4 percent rise year-on-year, fueled by higher prices for metals and coffee, as well as increased shipments of fishmeal and fish oil.

Non-traditional exports surged 40.3 percent to 1.69 billion dollars, supported by a 42.6 percent rise in export volume, particularly in the fisheries and agricultural sectors.

Imports in April totaled 4.47 billion dollars, marking a 3.1 percent increase driven by higher purchases of consumer and capital goods. Enditem