Peru has established itself as an attractive destination for foreign investment and a reliable and dynamic source of business partnerships for foreign companies. Peru ranks among the top countries in Latin America and the Caribbean according to the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index. This index measure how conducive the regulatory environment is to starting and operating a local business.

Favourable legal framework for foreign investors:

• Equal and non-discriminatory treatment
• Unrestrictive access to the majority of economic sectors
• Unrestrictive capital transfer
• Guarantee of private property
• Freedom to acquire shares in Peruvian corporations
• Freedom to access to credit
• Freedom to transfer royalties and profits from their investments

Current Trade agreements

Peru’s international strategy and policy is driven by a liberalization of markets and a proliferation of free trade agreements. Through these measures, Peru is successfully entering the global economy, increasing the competitiveness and productivity of its companies.

Companies based in Peru can now export under preferential conditions, subject to the rules of origin of the trade agreement, to over 55 countries including the three more important economic blocs in the world: USA, China and the European Union (and have signed an agreement with the UK that came into force the day after Brexit was completed on the 31^st December, 2020). More information on Free Trade Agreements.