LIMA: Peru’s CIF imports totaled US$3.274 billion last September, up 1.8% from the same month last year, the National Customs and Tax Administration (Sunat) reported. Such figure was mainly underpinned by an increase in incoming shipments of private transportation vehicles (47.4%), fuel (31.1%) and animal food (69.1%).
Consumer-good imports experienced a 4.7% growth. Said positive result was led by a rise in durable consumer goods access (21.9%), which slightly reduced due to lower incoming shipments of non-durable consumer goods (-7.4%). Durable consumer-good imports expansion was supported by higher demand for private transportation vehicles (47.4%), household machines and equipment (12.8%), domestic utensils (2.7%), ornaments, musical instruments and others (0.3%).
The decrease in non-durable consumer good imports was explained lower shipments of tobacco (-57.5%), food (-15%), other non-durable products (-10.9%) and garments (-8.2%). Reduction was partially attenuated by growth in incoming shipments of pharmaceutical and toiletry products (10.8%), as well as beverages (3.1%).
