Why does Brazil sell so much heavy machinery to Peru?

Tractors, earth-movers and goods vehicles total US$ 447.6 million of exports, about 20% of the basket. It is the equipment feeding precisely the activity that generates the reverse flow: the US$ 388.3 million in refined copper and the rest of Peru's mineral complex.

Brazil × Peru January–October 2026 — Foreign trade

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What Brazil sold to and bought from Peru in January–October 2026: exports, imports, trade balance and the most traded HS4 chapters.

Brazil ran a US$ 1.26 billion trade surplus with Peru in January–July 2026, exporting US$ 2.25 billion against US$ 988.4 million in imports. Brazil sells about 2.3 times what it buys.

Exports combine energy and capital goods: crude oil leads at US$ 322.8 million, followed by goods vehicles, tractors and earth-moving machinery — heavy equipment is a defining trait of this basket. Imports are mineral: refined copper (US$ 388.3 million), silver and zinc. Browse the SH4 chapters below to drill into a specific commodity.

In trade with Peru, Brazil closed January–October 2026 with a surplus of US$ 1.92B.

Brazil sold US$ 3.37B and bought US$ 1.44B, across 868 SH4 headings with data.

Exports BR → Peru

US$ 3.37B

Imports Peru → BR

US$ 1.44B

BR trade balance

US$ 1.92B

surplus · 868 headings with data

Top exports Brazil → Peru


1	2709	Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals	403,433,865	789,123.08	0.511
2	8704	Motor vehicles for the transport of goods	323,931,227	27,418.30	11.814
3	8701	Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)	216,340,108	16,254.82	13.309
4	8429	Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers	144,361,178	18,233.57	7.917
5	7214	Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel, not further worked than forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling	118,872,423	189,289.77	0.628
6	8703	Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 8702), including station wagons and racing cars	113,136,103	8,872.05	12.752
7	8707	Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705	105,895,519	6,140.22	17.246
8	0207	Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen	105,144,871	58,716.73	1.791
9	8706	Chassis, with engines, for vehicles of positions 87.01 through 87.05	83,944,952	6,124.46	13.707
10	7207	Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel	72,657,983	138,943.97	0.523
11	4802	Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes, and non-perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, other than paper of heading No 4801 or 4803	70,062,314	90,771.45	0.772
12	3902	Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms	59,758,383	50,600.96	1.181
13	1507	Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	54,464,525	36,348.16	1.498
14	2710	Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic con	47,590,796	63,126.16	0.754
15	3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	43,252,234	39,144.28	1.105
16	0203	Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen	38,318,602	15,422.58	2.485
17	8708	Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of heading 8701 to 8705	35,934,569	3,972.07	9.047
18	2101	Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof	35,625,014	2,597.64	13.714
19	9403	Other furniture and parts thereof	34,517,331	29,997.06	1.151
20	4703	Chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate, other than dissolving grades	32,248,271	54,243.09	0.595

Top imports Peru → Brazil


1	7403	Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought	607,931,228	45,317.43	13.415
2	7106	Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form	131,530,061	57.25	2,297.468
3	2709	Crude oil from petroleum and bituminous minerals	107,166,844	237,648.37	0.451
4	2510	Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk	77,146,431	723,612.10	0.107
5	7901	Unwrought zinc	52,052,559	13,651.03	3.813
6	6109	T-shirts, singlets and other vests, knitted or crocheted	50,966,017	1,843.07	27.653
7	7408	Copper wire	29,988,457	2,251.26	13.321
8	2005	Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No 2006	27,490,062	16,995.53	1.617
9	6105	Men's or boys' shirts, knitted or crocheted	24,696,825	515.35	47.923
10	3205	colour lakes and its preparations	19,560,378	69.55	281.258
11	2701	Coal; briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal	18,016,830	185,500.71	0.097
12	3203	Coloring matter of vegetable or animal origin	17,965,521	212.74	84.447
13	3920	Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials	17,185,096	6,318.53	2.720
14	0810	Other fruit, fresh	13,951,972	2,453.27	5.687
15	7404	Copper waste and scrap	12,959,854	1,071.77	12.092
16	7602	Aluminium waste and scrap	12,651,350	4,780.29	2.647
17	1207	Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken	12,387,540	9.52	1,300.802
18	0306	Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crusta	12,146,368	1,322.28	9.186
19	0307	Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebra	10,889,305	3,055.58	3.564
20	2815	Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium	10,748,781	44,041.97	0.244

Frequently asked questions

How large is the Brazil–Peru trade balance in January–July 2026?

Brazil holds a US$ 1.26 billion surplus: US$ 2.25 billion exported against US$ 988.4 million imported. Exports run at 2.3 times imports, and the gap exceeds everything Brazil bought from the country.

What does Brazil export most to Peru?

Crude petroleum oils lead at US$ 322.8 million, followed by goods vehicles (US$ 218.4 million), tractors (US$ 135.3 million), earth-moving machinery (US$ 93.9 million) and iron bars (US$ 82.5 million). Heavy machinery and vehicles together reach US$ 447.6 million.

What does Brazil import from Peru?

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