WASHINGTON: Imported consumer goods volume expanded by 5.4% last September compared to the same period from a year before and accumulated two months of continuous growth, the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) announced.
This result was supported by higher demand for non-durable consumer goods (14.2%), which accumulated four months of continuous growth. The said increase was due to purchases of medicines for human consumption (34.8%), shoes (0.2%), toys (25.2%), semi-milled, milled, polished or glazed rice (3.4%), non-flavored raw sugar (39.9%) and whisky (44.9%).
Whereas, durable consumer good purchases decreased by 2.4% due to lower car acquisitions (19.9%), followed by those of televisions (3%), assembled vehicles (18.2%) and motorcycles (4.8%).
Likewise, Sanchez expressed larger fuel, lubricant and related products purchases enabled to boost imports of raw material and intermediate products. Thus, raw material and intermediate product imports volume increased by 2.6%, boosted by the higher fuel, lubricant and related product imports (45.5%), such as diesel 2 (83.8%), crude oil (18.4%) and unleaded gasoline (144.7%).
Capital assets and building material imports volume decreased by 6.5% due to lower purchases of assets for business purposes (13.8%), mainly of mobile phones and other wireless networks (16.4%). Imported products were originated in China, United States, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea and Germany.
