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| SECTOR | IMPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK | EXPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Machinery | $1.08B | +4.6% | 57 | $59.1M | +2.7% | 67 |
| Automation and Robotics | $293.6M | +3.9% | 62 | $8.08M | +7.4% | 91 |
| Pumps and Valves | $686.6M | +3.0% | 54 | $33.4M | +5.1% | 68 |
| Material Handling | $456.6M | +8.9% | 48 | $14.7M | -4.2% | 68 |
| Food Processing Equipment | $144.9M | +1.6% | 69 | $19.4M | +8.0% | 64 |
| Steel and Metal Products | $4.06B | +3.8% | 56 | $5.97B | +9.6% | 46 |
| Specialty Chemicals | $1.90B | +5.2% | 48 | $396.2M | +8.7% | 60 |
| Plastics and Polymers | $2.65B | +4.4% | 54 | $700.8M | +4.5% | 59 |
| Packaging | $360.5M | +6.0% | 64 | $325.6M | +5.2% | 54 |
| Industrial Textiles | $203.8M | +1.9% | 59 | $71.1M | +2.1% | 58 |
| Electrical Equipment | $1.11B | +4.1% | 63 | $60.5M | +3.5% | 85 |
| Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics | $203.2M | +7.9% | 71 | $4.37M | +16.8% | 98 |
| Automotive Components | $1.43B | +6.8% | 50 | $171.5M | +3.8% | 65 |
| Aerospace Components | $51.1M | -2.3% | 86 | $5.40M | -5.3% | 100 |
| Medical Devices | $601.9M | +6.8% | 55 | $24.0M | +5.8% | 77 |
| Construction Materials | $632.9M | +2.4% | 50 | $172.1M | -2.1% | 73 |
| HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration | $505.3M | +6.6% | 58 | $3.46M | -8.2% | 97 |
| Power Generation Equipment | $196.4M | -2.4% | 65 | $56.3M | +13.5% | 51 |
| Water Treatment Equipment | $169.5M | +1.8% | 46 | $4.17M | +2.4% | 72 |
| Mining Equipment | $1.81B | +7.0% | 24 | $200.8M | +7.5% | 44 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Metso signed an agreement with Southern Peru Copper Corporation to supply solvent extraction and electrowinning technology for the Tia Maria copper project in Cocachacra, Arequipa, Peru. The plant will produce 120,000 t of copper cathodes per year, and the order value of €100 million was booked in Metso's Q1 2026 order intake.
Metso Outotec has opened a new pump assembly plant in Lima, Peru, to serve growing demand for large mining pumps in South America with shorter lead times. The plant is customized for production of large MD Series pumps.
Ball Corporation announced a new aluminum can manufacturing plant in Chilca, Peru, with capacity of over 1 billion beverage cans a year. Start-up is planned for 2023 and the plant will create more than 100 direct jobs.
EcoPacking is building a 10,000 m2 plant in Lurín, Peru, to make plastic corrugated (cartonplast) boxes for agro-exporters, with inauguration planned for July 2022.
Owens-Illinois plans to invest US$120 million to add three new lines at its Lurín plant near Lima, raising capacity by 25%. The project also moves the Bellavista factory to the southern Lima site, with first production expected from June 2023.
Smurfit Kappa completed its acquisition of Cartones del Pacifico, a paper-based packaging company located in Paramonga near Lima, Peru. The deal expands its Americas footprint to 13 countries.
Chilean PET recycler Typack-Recipet is preparing a strategic alliance with Peruvian packaging company Colca, including a new packaging company for Peru's agricultural sector.
Fluence Corp secured a build, own and operate contract with an unnamed industrial client in Peru for a desalination plant, including a ten-year water purchase agreement.
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems and developer Gaz Energie signed an agreement to develop the 515 MW Humay PS natural gas power project in Peru's Ica region, using MHPS JAC gas turbines. Commercial operation is planned for 2021.
Siemens was selected to supply another SGT-700 mechanical drive compression train, with two STC-SV centrifugal compressors, for the Camisea gas-condensate asset in Block 88 operated by Pluspetrol Peru, with commissioning scheduled for mid-2020.
Outotec has been awarded a contract by Southern Copper, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, to supply a concentrate filtration plant for the Toquepala concentrator expansion in Southern Peru. The contract value exceeds EUR 15 million, with delivery mostly in the second half of 2017.
