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Peru:
Economy
GDP (2006): $93.3 billion.
Annual growth rate (2006): 8.0%.
Per capita GDP (2006): $3,368.
Natural resources: Iron ore, copper, gold, silver, zinc, lead, fish, petroleum, natural gas, and forestry.
Manufacturing (16.7% of GDP, 2006): Types--Food and beverages, textiles and apparel, nonferrous and precious metals, nonmetallic minerals, petroleum refining, paper, chemicals, iron and steel, fishmeal.
Agriculture (9.2% of GDP, 2006): Products--Coffee, asparagus, paprika, artichoke, sugarcane, potato, rice, banana, maize, poultry, milk, others.
Other sectors (by percentage of GDP in 2006): Services (44.9%), mining (6.8%), construction (5.8%), fisheries (0.6%).
Trade: Exports (2006)--$23.7 billion: gold, copper, fishmeal, petroleum, zinc, textiles, apparel, asparagus and coffee. Major markets (2005)--U.S. (30%), China (11%), Chile (6.6%), Canada (6.0%), Switzerland (4.6%), Japan (3.6%), Spain (3.3%), Netherlands (3.1%). Imports (2005)--$14.9 billion: machinery, vehicles, processed food, petroleum and steel. Major suppliers (2005)--U.S. (17.7%), China (8.5%), Brazil (8.2%), Ecuador (7.3%), Colombia (6.2%).
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