This adjustment is mainly attributed to the dynamism of the primary sector, especially the fishing sector.

Today, Friday, the Central Reserve Bank of Peru raised its growth projection for the Peruvian economy from 3% to 3.1% for this year, driven by the primary sector, especially the fishing sector.

“The important thing to highlight is that we have corrected the growth projection upwards, largely based on what has already been observed, we have gone from 3% to 3.1% growth,” said the president of the Central Bank today. of Reserve (BCR), Julio Velarde.

“The strongest correction is in the primary sector, from an estimated growth of 2.8% to 3%, the area that we have changed the most is fishing, which we were estimating a growth of 10%, today we are estimating a growth of 20%. %”, he added.

Regarding the non-primary sector, the head of the issuing entity indicated that it maintains its growth projection of 3% for this year, but that it could have an upward bias.

“The non-primary sector maintains its growth, there are some adjustments there, the bias could even be upward, but the estimate at this moment is 3.1%, for 2025 we are estimating growth of around 3%,” he pointed out.

Also, the BCR raises the projection of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of manufacturing in the primary sector from 3.9% to 4.5% for this year.

This was stated by the head of the issuing entity, Julio Velarde, during the presentation of the Inflation Report, where he presents the analysis of the global and local economy and its main macroeconomic projections.