Agroindustry was the most prominent sector of Peruvian exports to the United States.

This was reported by the Association of Exporters (ADEX), which detailed that traditional shipments to this market reached US$ 1,746 million, reflecting a decrease of -49% and accounting for 30.5% of the total. On the other hand, non-traditional shipments totaled US$ 3,981 million, showing an increase of +14.6% and participating with 69.5% of the total. It was detailed that 8 sectors showed positive behavior (2 traditional and 6 non-traditional), traditional mining (+1%), traditional agro (+27%), metal mechanics (+55%), steel metallurgy (+42%), agro-industry (+23%), chemical (+19%), clothing (+6%) and textile (+5%). Meanwhile, 6 sectors closed lower (2 traditional and non-traditional): Hydrocarbons (-53%), traditional fishing (-44.2%), various (-30%), woods (-28.3%), non-metallic mining (-23.2%) and fishing and aquaculture (-4%). Sectors The agro-industry with shipments of US$ 2,181 million was the most important, followed by clothing with US$ 541 million, steel metallurgy US$ ...