China becomes the 1st destination of Peruvian products
Peru
Thursday 16 September 2010
FJ
China becomes the first Peru customer.
Demand increases and stimulates Peruvian exports.
China overtook the U.S to become the Andean country’s top destination for sales abroad.
China represented 17 % of Peru exports. For the 1st time, China exceeds the United States which represent 16,8 %.
Promperu, the trade promotion agency, consider that Peru discovered a replacement market during world crisis. The Chinese demand increased these last months and should know an additional increase of 9 % next year.
Food exports may double to $4 billion within five years from about $2 billion projected for this year.
Source : bloomberg