Peru ratifies upgrade of its free trade agreement with China
Lima completed its internal procedures in late July 2026 to ratify the protocol upgrading the Peru-China free trade agreement, signed in 2024. The text has yet to formally enter into force, but it already modernises the customs and digital framework between the two countries.
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Peru published a supreme decree on 25 July 2026 completing its internal ratification procedures for the protocol upgrading the free trade agreement signed with China, according to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) and the official gazette El Peruano. This protocol was signed in Lima in November 2024, on the sidelines of the APEC summit, in the presence of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The protocol updates several chapters of the Peru-China agreement, in force since 2010, and adds new ones: stronger customs cooperation, digital economy provisions and a framework designed to facilitate foreign trade operations between the two countries. China accounted for around 35% of Peru's foreign trade in 2026, according to Mincetur.
As of 27 September 2026, internal ratification is complete on the Peruvian side, but the official entry-into-force date of the protocol had not yet been published in the sources consulted. We are tracking this deadline for clients using Peru as an entry point into South America.
Companies importing Chinese goods into Peru and Peruvian exporters to China, particularly SMEs, are the first affected by this new framework. Customs formalities between the two countries should be simplified once the protocol is officially in force.
What it changes for an importer
For a client buying in China and bringing goods into Peru, this protocol does not change any customs duty overnight: it modernises the administrative and customs framework of an agreement already in force. We are monitoring the publication of the official entry-into-force date in order to adapt, if needed, the origin documents we prepare for our clients, without ever standing in for the importer or their customs agent in Peru.
The certifications your country requires
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Latin America Import documents
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Certificate of origin (on the free trade agreement form where one exists, as with Chile, Peru, Costa Rica or Ecuador), invoice and packing list with the required particulars, translations into Spanish or Portuguese.
- List of the documents your customs authority asks for
- Certificate of origin requested in China on the right form
- Commercial invoice and packing list with the required particulars
- Review of the documents before shipment
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