Peru

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Best Prospects in the ICT Market

For further information about the Peruvian market, please consult the Country Commercial Guide.

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Chambers of Commerce

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Channels of Distribution

For further information of the definitions of the channels of distribution, please click here. The following are known ICT sales channels.   They may or may not be available in all markets.

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Agents / Distributors

None Noted

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Business to Business (B2B)

Airlines

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Banks

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Newspapers

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US Subsidiaries

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Consultants

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E-Commerce

None Noted

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Internet Service Providers

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Educational

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Governmental

http://www.concytec.gob.pe/	Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Calle del Comercio 197 · San Borja · Lima - Perú, Telef. 051-1-2251150
http://www.corpac.gob.pe/	CORPAC.
http://www.inictel.gob.pe/	Institution for the Investigation and Utilization of Telecommunications
http://www.indecopi.gob.pe/	INDECOPI.
http://www.inei.gob.pe/	INEI.
http://www.interperu.com/	Interperu.com - To Promote Peruvian Companies to International Markets
http://www.mtc.gob.pe/	Ministry of Transport, Communications, Housing and Construction
http://www.mef.gob.pe/	Ministry of Finance, Jr. Junín 319, Cercado de Lima, Lima 1-Perú, Teléfono: (51 1) 311 5930 - Fax: (51 1) 428 2509
http://www.osiptel.gob.pe/	Organismo Supervisor de Inversion Privada en Telecomunicaciones, OSIPTEL, (Supervising Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications), Calle de la Prosa 136, San Borja, Lima 41 PERU, Phone: (51 1) 225-2145, Fax: (51 1) 475-1816, Mr. Geoffrey Cannock, General Manager.
http://www.peru.org.pe/	Promperu
http://www.aduanet.gob.pe/	SUPERINTENDENCIA NACIONAL DE ADMINISTRACION TRIBUTARIA

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Telecommunications Systems Operators

http://www.tim.com.pe/	Claro Perú
http://www.movistar.com.pe	Telefónica Móviles Perú
http://www.telefonica.com.pe/	Telephonica de Peru, Telecom provider

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Used / Reconditioned

Please visit: http://web.ita.doc.gov/.

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Directories and Databases

http://www.inforguia.com.pe	INFORGUIA, Directorio de Informatica (IT Directory), Lorenzo Rokovich 194, Magdalena, Lima 17 PERU, Phone: (51 1)264-0761, Fax: (51 1)463-0997.
http://www.intinet.com/	Peru 2000
http://www.denperu.com/	First Peruvian Business Directory in Internet. Information of more than 6,000 companies.

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Duties, Tariffs & Taxes

The Andean Community is a Customs Union because the goods of its member countries circulate unimpededly throughout its territory free of duties of any sort, while imports from outside the Subregion pay a common tariff.

The Andean Customs Union has been in operation since 1995, when the Common External Tariff (CET) approved by Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela at the basic levels of 5, 10, 15 and 20 percent came into effect. Bolivia enjoys preferential treatment and only applies levels of 5 and 10 percent, while Peru did not sign that agreement.

In the Santa Cruz Declaration of January 2002, the Andean Presidents stipulated that "Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela will apply a common external tariff by December 31, 2003, at the latest.” Accordingly, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Economy and the Treasury, Foreign Trade and Agriculture of the five CAN member countries on October 14, 2002 decided on the CET that is shown in Annex I to Decision 535. On April 14, 2003, the Andean countries put the finishing touches to the agreements for the adoption of a CET, thus bringing an important stage in the integration process to an end.

For ICT specific information, please visit: http://web.ita.doc.gov/.

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General Country Information

http://www.state.gov/	US Dept. of State's Background Report
http://travel.state.gov/	US Dept. of State's Consular Information Sheet
http://lima.usembassy.gov/	US Embassy, Lima
http://www.odci.gov/cia/	CIA Factbook
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/pe.html	Governments on the WWW: Peru
http://ekeko.rcp.net.pe/	Business directory, spreadsheets, text and pictures of Peru.
http://geography.about.com/	About's guide to Peru.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/	Lovely Planet's Guide to Peru
http://travel.lycos.com/	Lycos CityGuide for Peru
http://www.peru.com/peruinfo/ingles/	PERU Info.
http://www.gci275.com/peru/	Peruvian Garfitti
http://www.intinet.com/	Computer and Internet in Peru

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Intellectual Property Rights

http://www.bsaperu.org/	BSA, Claudio Magliona, Tels: (310) 540.6760, Fax: (310) 540.0355
http://www.iipa.com/	INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALLIANCE - 2001 SPECIAL 301 REPORT
http://www.worldlii.org/	Peru - Intellectual Property
http://www.sice.oas.org/	Intellectual Property Legislation for Peru
http://www.indecopi.gob.pe/	National Institute for the Defense of Competition and for the Protection of Intellectual Property

Peru belongs to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).  It is also a signatory to the Paris Convention, Bern Convention, Rome Convention, Phonograms Convention, Satellites Convention, Universal Copyright Convention, the World Copyright Treaty, the World Performances and Phonographs Treaty and the Film Register Treaty.  After two years on the United States government's "Priority Watch List" under the Special 301 provisions of the 1988 Trade Act, Peru was lowered to the “Watch List” in 2001 following steps on the part of the government of Peru to address intellectual property rights (IPR) piracy.  Peru remains on the Watch List due to concerns about continued high rates of copyright piracy and inadequate enforcement of IPR laws, particularly with respect to the relatively weak penalties that have been imposed on IPR violators.  Other factors contributing to continued placement on the “Watch List” include Peru’s revocation of second-use patent protection for pharmaceuticals and a lack of protection for confidential test data that is submitted for the marketing approval of pharmaceutical and agrochemical products.

The Peruvian government had hoped that the Andean Community's September 2000 adoption of Decision 486 as the IPR regime for the region would resolve Peru's outstanding discrepancies with the WTO TRIPS Agreement.  U.S. pharmaceutical companies, however, are concerned that Decision 486 is not sufficiently explicit regarding the confidentiality of data included with patent applications, thereby opening the way to the possible erosion of protections for such information.  In addition, international pharmaceutical companies expressed particular concern that ambiguities in Decision 486 regarding the patentability of "second use" innovations could undermine the Peruvian government's ability to enforce second use patents.  The Andean Community Secretariat ruled in 2001 that Peru violated Decision 486 by issuing "second use" patents.  The Andean Tribunal upheld the Secretariat’s 2001 ruling requiring Peru to stop issuing second-use patents.  In late 2002, the government of Peru succumbed to Andean Community pressure, in the form of trade sanctions, and rescinded its protection of second-use patents.

Peru’s 1996 Industrial Property Rights Law provides an effective term of protection for patents and prohibits devices that decode encrypted satellite signals, along with other improvements.  Peruvian law does not provide for pipeline protection for patents or protection from parallel imports. Although Peruvian law provides for effective trademark protection, counterfeiting of trademarks and imports of pirated merchandise are widespread.

Peru’s Copyright Law is generally consistent with the TRIPS Agreement.  However, textbooks, books on technical subjects, audiocassettes, motion picture videos and software are widely pirated.  While the government, in coordination with the private sector, has conducted numerous raids over the last few years on large-scale distributors and users of pirated goods and has increased other types of enforcement, piracy continues to be a significant problem for legitimate owners of copyrights in Peru.

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Legal Issues

http://www.congreso.gob.pe/	Peruvian Constitution (Spanish)
http://www.tc.gob.pe/	Peruvian Legislation

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Market Research

http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/	Strategis / USDOC ICT market research
http://www.jsbernstein.com/	American University MBA report on Peru

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Search Engines

http://www.adonde.com/	A Donde?
http://www.amarillas.com	Amarillas.com
http://www.astrolabio.net/	Asrolabio.net
http://www.buscapique.com/	Buscapique
http://dmoz.org/	DMOZ
http://www.efiro.com/	efiro
http://www.google.com.pe/	Google
http://www.maskay.com/	MASCAY
http://www.ohperu.com/	OhPeru
http://www.peruhoo.com/	Peruhoo
http://www.perulinks.com/	Perulinks
http://www.yachay.com/	Yachay
http://dir.yahoo.com/	Yahoo

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Trade Associations

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Trade Publications

http://www.gestion.com.pe	GESTION, Calle General Salaverry 156, Miraflores, Lima 18 PERU, Phone: (51 1) 447-6919, Fax: (51 1) 447-6569.
http://www.inforguia.com.pe	INFORGUIA, Directorio de Informatica (IT Directory), Lorenzo Rokovich 194 Magdalena, Lima 17 PERU, Phone: (51 1)264-0761, Fax: (51 1)463-0997
http://www.tecnologia.com.pe/	Diario Digital Tecnología.com

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Trade Shows, Exhibitions and Seminars

Additional information on how to prepare for and select an international trade show can be found at http://www.exportmichigan.biz/

http://www.tscentral.com/	This site provides an extensive trade show directory with detailed information on 30,000 international and domestic trade shows, conferences and seminars. You can search by show name, show type, industry, city, country, and start & end dates of the show. Some events have the option to have more information sent to the user and have on-line event registration.
http://www.techweb.com/techcalendar/	Techweb’s calendar is focused on information technology and provides access to information on 2,000 plus technology related events which may be searched by key word or by industry. There is detailed information on each event. Additional information concerning computer related trade shows can be found here.

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Trade Statistics

Computers & Peripherals

HTS Number	2005	2006	2007	Percent Change 2006 - 2007
	In Actual Dollars
847330 PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS THEREOF, MAGNETIC OR OPTICAL READERS, TRANSCRIBING MACHINES, ETC., NESOI	57,572,107	87,807,055	49,621,844	-43.5%
847150 PROCESSING UNITS OTHER THAN THOSE OF 8471.41 AND 8471.49, N.E.S.O.I.	8,730,413	17,273,638	18,374,689	6.4%
847180 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING UNITS, N.E.S.O.I.	3,869,762	4,198,434	12,771,493	204.2%
847149 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES AND UNITS THEREOF PRESENTED IN THE FORM OF SYSTEMS, N.E.S.O.I.	8,371,173	9,399,367	12,712,491	35.2%
847130 PORTABLE AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES, WEIGHT NOT MORE THAN 10 KG, CONSISTING OF AT LEAST A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, KEYBOARD & A DISPLAY	3,102,810	22,781,673	6,557,591	-71.2%
847160 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INPUT OR OUTPUT UNITS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING STORAGE UNITS IN THE SAME HOUSING, N.E.S.O.I.	7,879,397	12,385,054	4,143,889	-66.5%
847141 ADP MACHINES COMPRISING IN SAME HOUSING AT LEAST A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT AND AN INPUT AND OUTPUT UNIT, WHETHER OR NOT COMBINED, N.E.S.O.I.	1,770,702	2,016,430	3,276,822	62.5%
847170 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING STORAGE UNITS, N.E.S.O.I.	1,600,815	2,056,414	3,091,096	50.3%
847190 AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING UNTS THEREOF; MAGNETIC/OPTICAL READERS, MACH FOR TRANSCRIBING DATA TO DATA MEDIA IN CODED FORM & MACH FOR PROC DATA, NESOI	1,164,446	690,402	1,021,156	47.9%
847110 ANALOG OR HYBRID AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING MACHINES	674,827	811,253	0	-100.0%
	94,736,452	159,419,720	111,571,071	-30.0%

Source: USITC Trade Data Web

Telecommunications Equipment

HTS Number	2005	2006	2007	Percent Change 2006 - 2007
	In Actual Dollars
851712 TELEPHONES FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS OR FOR OTHER WIRELESS NETWORKS	0	0	45,357,451	N/A
851762 MACHINES FOR THE RECEPTION, CONVERSION AND TRANSMISSION OR REGENERATION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, INCLUDING SWITCHING AND ROUTING APPARATUS	0	0	22,736,896	N/A
851770 PARTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS	0	0	5,915,111	N/A
851718 TELEPHONE SETS, NESOI	0	0	5,253,418	N/A
851769 OTHER APPARATUS FOR THE RECEPTION, CONVERSION AND TRANSMISSION OR REGENERATION OF VOICE, IMAGES OR OTHER DATA, NESOI	0	0	3,161,083	N/A
851711 LINE TELEPHONE SETS WITH CORDLESS HANDSETS	500,299	547,265	1,145,349	109.3%
851761 BASE STATIONS	0	0	523,584	N/A
851721 FACSIMILE MACHINES	7,134	34,212	0	-100.0%
851730 TELEPHONIC OR TELEGRAPHIC SWITCHING APPARATUS	481,463	2,635,996	0	-100.0%
851780 ELECTRICAL TELEPHONIC AND TELEGRAPHIC LINE APPARATUS, N.E.S.O.I.	2,090,987	302,146	0	-100.0%
851790 PARTS OF ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR LINE TELEPHONY OR TELEGRAPHY, INCLUDING PARTS OF SUCH APPARATUS FOR CARRIER-CURRENT LINE SYSTEMS	5,188,654	7,689,064	0	-100.0%
851750 ELECTRICAL TELECOMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR CARRIER-CURRENT LINE SYSTEMS OR FOR DIGITAL LINE SYSTEMS, N.E.S.O.I.	11,252,799	12,715,027	0	-100.0%
851719 VIDEOPHONES & OTHER TELEPHONE SETS, N.E.S.O.I.	1,483,407	258,457	0	-100.0%
	21,004,743	24,182,167	84,092,892	247.7%

Source: USITC Trade Data Web

http://www.intracen.org/

Source: International Trade Centre is the joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations.

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User Groups

http://servlet.java.sun.com/	Java users groups
http://www.linuxarequipa.org.pe/	Arequipa Linux Users Group
http://www.linux.org/groups/peru.html	Linux users groups
http://www.somoslibres.org/	Free Software Users Group
http://www.redhat.com/	RedHat Linux users groups

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E-Mail Links to the Respective Industry Specialist(s)

Manuel Gomez-Garcia, Commercial Specialist

CONTACT INFORMATION

Tel.: 511 618-2671 / 618-2442.
Fax: 511 434-3041.
E-mail: Manuel.Gomez-Garcia@mail.doc.gov
Industry Sectors: Computer and Peripherals, Computer Software, Computer Svcs., E-commerce,Telecom. Eq., Telecom. Svcs.

OFFICE INFORMATION

STREET ADDRESS

American Embassy

Av. La Encalada cdra. 17 s/n

Monterrico, Lima 33

Peru

U.S. MAILING ADDRESS

American Embassy - Lima

Commercial Service, American Embassy Lima

Unit 3780 APO AA 34031

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Revised: November 08, 2008

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