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This amount represents 62.7 per cent of sales were made outside of Peruvian products, both traditional and nontraditional, according to information the Central Reserve Bank (BCR). Topping the list of the metals produced in the country and had a great demand in the international market is copper, whose price was significantly improved by 19.4 percent in the last 12 months.

Therefore, while embarked 588.300 metric tons (MT), ie, 16.4 percent less than 2009, the value of these sales amounted to 4.21 billion, surpassing 79.2 percent from the previous year. Also highlighted the exports of gold, precious metal of which Peru is the largest producer in Latin America and the fourth in the world.

Sales totaled 3.827 million dollars, a value that exceeds 24.6 percent the previous year and corresponds to 3322.6 million ounces that were shipped, 0.8 percent less than last year. The price of gold has had a change of 25.8 percent in the last 12 months.

Sales of zinc also recorded a significant amount of $ 822 million, reflecting a positive variation of 93.4 percent over the previous year. This metal TM 652.900 were sold, 4.7 percent more than 2009 in the same period. Furthermore, we observed an increase of 59.4 percent in the value of marketing lead, which was for $ 657 million.

This metal is shipped TM 342.900, 7.1 percent from 2009. The price of this product had a variation of 13.5 percent in the last 12 months. Finally, refined silver was exported 49 million dollars, 295 million tin, iron, molybdenum and 171 million by 204 million.

Electricity sub-sector rose 8.35 percent in February 2011, This positive performance was underpinned by increased production of electric power companies Ede-gel Egenor, Egasa, SN Power Peru, San Ga-ban, Egemsa, Electro Piura, Kallpa Generation and Egesur, the main.

The sub sector includes the production of electricity generating companies for public service, operating in the National Interconnected System and the isolated systems.

For its part, the production of Mining and Hydrocarbons sector fell 3.59 percent due to lower production levels observed in the Metal Mining sub sector (-9.70 percent) lower production of tin (-29.79 percent), lead (-24.55 percent), gold (-16.59 percent), zinc (-11.74 percent), silver (-3.13 percent) and copper (-3.08 percent), while increased production of molybdenum and iron.

The hydrocarbon sub sector was an expansion of 37.52 percent for the increased production of natural gas in 179.48 percent. In measuring this industry, the Metal Mining has a stake of 79.4 percent and hydrocarbon weight of 20.6 percent.