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Peru's export economy is diverse, encompassing a range of natural resources and agricultural products. In 2023, the country exported goods valued at approximately $64.4 billion. citeturn0search0 The top 20 export categories, along with their values and percentage shares of total exports, are as follows: 1. **Ores, Slag, and Ash**: $26.95 billion (41.9% of total exports) 2. **Gems, Precious Metals**: $8.68 billion (13.5%) 3. **Edible Fruits and Nuts**: $5.47 billion (8.5%) 4. **Mineral Fuels, Oils, and Distillation Products**: $4.40 billion (6.8%) 5. **Copper and Articles Thereof**: $3.60 billion (5.6%) 6. **Fish and Crustaceans**: $1.36 billion (2.1%) 7. **Residues and Waste from the Food Industries; Prepared Animal Fodder**: $1.19 billion (1.9%) 8. **Coffee, Tea, Maté, and Spices**: $1.14 billion (1.8%) 9. **Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories, Knitted or Crocheted**: $1.08 billion (1.7%) 10. **Zinc and Articles Thereof**: $853.6 million (1.3%) 11. **Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers**: $733.82 million (1.1%) 12. **Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, or Other Parts of Plants**: $716.59 million (1.1%) 13. **Salt; Sulfur; Earths and Stone; Plastering Materials, Lime, and Cement**: $674.92 million (1%) 14. **Tin and Articles Thereof**: $661.65 million (1%) 15. **Plastics and Articles Thereof**: $559.35 million (0.9%) 16. **Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals**: $455.94 million (0.7%) 17. **Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and Their Cleavage Products**: $454.51 million (0.7%) 18. **Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations**: $431.79 million (0.7%) 19. **Machinery, Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, and Parts Thereof**: $368.79 million (0.6%) 20. **Sugars and Sugar Confectionery**: $350.5 million (0.5%) citeturn0search2 These figures underscore Peru's strong reliance on the export of minerals and agricultural products, with ores and precious metals constituting a significant portion of the country's export revenue.