Overview
- Mining export value reached $42.12 billion in January–September 2025, up 20.6% from a year earlier, according to SNMPE.
- Copper exports totaled $19.36 billion for the nine months, a 12.1% increase, while gold exports rose 43.1% to $15.743 billion.
- September mining exports climbed 29.1% year over year to $5.506 billion, with copper at $2.638 billion, up 29.3% on a 17.3% price rise and a 10.3% volume gain.
- Gold exports in September were $2.091 billion, up 46.9%, supported by a 42.6% price increase and a 3% rise in shipped volume.
- Minem reported month‑to‑month production increases in September for zinc (+25.5%), lead (+18.7%), tin (+13.4%), silver (+11.3%), copper (+3.7%) and gold (+0.1%), reinforcing mining’s roughly 65% share of Peru’s merchandise exports.