nea pigs

Exports - partners:

US 19.5%, China 12.7%, Canada 7.6%, Japan 7.5%, Chile 5.9%,
Switzerland 4.2%, Spain 4.1% (2007)

Imports:

$19.6 billion f.o.b. (2007 est.)

Imports - commodities:

petroleum and petroleum products, plastics, machinery, vehicles,
iron and steel, wheat, paper

Imports - partners:

US 20.5%, China 10.8%, Brazil 9%, Ecuador 6.1%, Argentina 5.6%,
Chile 5%, Colombia 4.8% (2007)

Economic aid - recipient:

$397.8 million (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$27.78 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Debt - external:

$32.83 billion (31 December 2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:

$24.72 billion (2007 est.)

Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:

$1.476 billion (2007 est.)

Market value of publicly traded shares:

$59.66 billion (2006)

Currency (code):

nuevo sol (PEN)

Currency code:

PEN

Exchange rates:

nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958
(2005), 3.4132 (2004), 3.4785 (2003)

Communications
Peru

Telephones - main lines in use:

2.673 million (2007)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

15.417 million (2007)

Telephone system:

general assessment: adequate for most requirements
domestic: fixed-line teledensity is only about 9 per 100 persons;
mobile-cellular teledensity, spurred by competition among multiple
providers, has increased to roughly 55 telephones per 100 persons;
nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic satellite
system with 12 earth stations
international: country code - 51; the South America-1 (SAM-1) and
Pan American (PAN-AM) submarine cable systems provide links to parts
of Central and South America, the Caribbean, and US; satellite earth
stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)

Radios:

6.65 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

13 (plus 112 repeaters) (1997)

Televisions:

3.06 million (1997)

Internet country code:

.pe

Internet hosts:

271,745 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

10 (2000)

Internet users:

7.636 million (2007)

Transportation
Peru

Airports:

237 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 54
over 3,047 m: 6
2,438 to 3,047 m: 20
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 11
under 914 m: 3 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 183
2,43