Peru - Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports)

The value for Ores and metals exports (% of merchandise exports) in Peru was 43.51 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 58 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.18 in 1974 and a minimum value of 30.69 in 2001.

Definition: Ores and metals comprise the commodities in SITC sections 27 (crude fertilizer, minerals nes); 28 (metalliferous ores, scrap); and 68 (non-ferrous metals).

Source: World Bank staff estimates through the WITS platform from the Comtrade database maintained by the United Nations Statistics Division.

See also:

Year Value
1962 40.19
1963 36.93
1964 40.55
1965 43.95
1966 47.89
1967 51.51
1968 51.29
1969 54.72
1970 48.35
1971 41.88
1972 47.17
1973 56.32
1974 57.18
1975 45.33
1976 52.76
1977 53.18
1978 47.55
1979 46.25
1980 42.93
1982 42.06
1983 47.40
1984 40.12
1985 42.56
1986 37.62
1987 43.53
1992 45.62
1993 40.84
1994 39.62
1995 41.72
1996 37.86
1997 35.62
1998 35.04
1999 32.13
2000 35.52
2001 30.69
2002 31.98
2003 30.69
2004 39.02
2005 39.96
2006 47.45
2007 49.56
2008 43.06
2009 36.60
2010 41.76
2011 39.90
2012 39.27
2013 39.23
2014 38.94
2015 40.08
2016 42.81
2017 46.32
2018 45.63
2019 45.50
2020 43.51

Limitations and Exceptions: Previous editions contained data based on the SITC revision 1. Data for earlier years in previous editions may differ because of the change in methodology. Concordance tables are available to convert data reported in one system to another.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The classification of commodity groups is based on the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Merchandise export shares may not sum to 100 percent because of unclassified trade.

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Exports