Despite Peru exporting over US$74,000 million in 2024, deficiencies in its logistics system impose significantly high costs, between 20% and 50%
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of product value. Compared to OECD countries, where transportation costs are much lower, according to World Bank data. This logistical disadvantage reduces the competitiveness of Peruvian exports, putting their access to global markets at risk and hindering their potential to consolidate as an agro-export powerhouse. "Our main economic sectors, such as mining, agriculture, and fishing, have driven Peruvian exports to over 170 destinations in 2024. While external factors, like tariffs, represent important obstacles, there are deficiencies that both the public and private sectors must pay attention to in order to improve the country's efficiency and competitiveness in the global scenario," stated Eng. Edwin Holguin Gogin, Head of the Industrial Engineering Career at Cayetano Heredia University. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) aims to promote the integrated development of its member countries; however, Peru's adhesion to the organization has many gaps ...