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Peru
Peru's gross domestic product in the late 1980s was $19.6 billion, or
about $920 per capita. Although the economy remains primarily agricultural, the
mining and fishing industries have become increasingly important. Peru relies
primarily on the export of raw materials—chiefly minerals, farm products, and
fish meal—to earn foreign ....
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.... and mules, and 52
million poultry. Llamas, sheep, and vicuñas provide wool, hides, and skins.
The forests covering 54 percent of Peru's land area have not been
significantly exploited. Forest products include balsa lumber and balata gum,
rubber, and a variety of medicinal plants. Notable among the latter is the
cinchona plant, from which quinine is derived. The annual roundwood harvest in
the late 1980s was 7.7 million cu m.
The fishing industry is extremely important to the country's economy and
accounts for a significant portion of Peru's exports. It ....
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