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Viewing cable 08LIMA1128, PERU RESPONSE: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ANDEAN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08LIMA1128 2008-07-02 15:51 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Lima
VZCZCXYZ0003
RR RUEHWEB

DE RUEHPE #1128/01 1841551
ZNR UUUUU ZZH  (CCY PARA NUMBERS AD00AEF3EA/MSI7560 510)
R 021551Z JUL 08
FM AMEMBASSY LIMA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8928
INFO RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ JUL BOGOTA 5844
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 1971
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS LIMA 001128 
 
C O R R E C T E D  C O P Y  (PARA NUMBERS) 
 
SIPDIS 
 
COMMERCE FOR 4331/MAC/WH/MCAMERON 
TREASURY FOR MEWANS 
USTR FOR BHARMAN 
USITC for LMSCHLITT 
USDA/FAS/OCRA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD SNAR PE
 
SUBJECT: PERU RESPONSE: U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION ANDEAN 
INVESTMENT AND DRUG CROP SURVEY FOR REPORT ON ATPA 
 
REF: STATE 00059051 
 
 
1. (U) This cable provides a response to the request for information 
from the U.S. International Trade Commission Andean Investment and 
Drug Crop Survey for a report on the ATPA. 
 
2. (U) The United States is Peru's top trading partner for both 
exports and imports.  The growing importance to the Peruvian economy 
of exports to the U.S. market is reflected by their nearly eightfold 
increase from ATPA's enactment in 1991 through 2007.  Peru's exports 
to the U.S. have more than tripled since ATPDEA was implemented in 
2002.  Exports under ATPA/ATPDEA have assumed an increasingly 
important role in Peru's economy, as exporters have discovered that 
the ATPA/ATPDEA offers greater advantages than those offered under 
the GSP.  Of the $5.3 billion of goods exported to the United States 
in 2007 and $5.9 billion of goods that Peru exported to the United 
States in 2006, just over half entered the United States under 
ATPA/ATPDEA. 
 
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN 2006 AND 2007 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
3. (U) The stock of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Peru 
according to Peruvian government number is approximately $24.7 
billion at the end of 2007.  The United States represents the number 
two top investor in Peru, after Spain, at nearly $3 billion.  The 
top sectors receiving FDI are telecomm (23%), mining (20%), 
manufacturing industry (18%), financial (16%), and electricity 
(10%). 
 
Uncertainty of ATPA/ATPDEA Extension Resulted in Losses 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
4. (U) Overall U.S. investment in Peru during 2006 and 2007 does not 
appear to have been significantly affected by possible expiration of 
the ATPDEA.  Most current American investment in Peru is in areas, 
such as extractive industries (mining, oil and gas) or production 
for the local consumer market, is not significantly impacted by the 
ATPDEA.  Likewise, the interim between Congressional approval and 
entry into force of the PTPA appears not to have had a discernible 
impact on corporate thinking with regard to the Peruvian market, the 
period having evidenced continued strong U.S. company interest in 
Peru. 
 
5. (U) In the textile industry, uncertainty regarding the extension 
of the ATPDEA in 2006 and 2007 resulted in some loss of US business 
for Peruvian textile companies and hesitancy by the Peruvian banking 
industry to issue investment loans.  In 2006, the Minister of Trade 
and Tourism mentioned that the growth rate of textile exports to the 
U.S. had been cut in half in the last quarter and that potential 
investments were on hold or had gone elsewhere due to the 
uncertainty. 
 
Impact of the end of global textile and apparel quotas 
--------------------------------------------- --------- 
6. (U) Peruvian textile and apparel firms have voiced concern 
regarding the possible impact of the expiration, at the end of 2008, 
of the November 2005 U.S.-China agreement on textile imports into 
the United States.  Some Peruvian industry representatives have 
suggested that unrestricted imports from China could present a major 
challenge to the Peruvian industry's ability to maintain its share 
of the United States market.  These concerns are not universal, with 
other Peruvian apparel makers confident that they can compete 
against Chinese firms. 
 
Domestic Programs that Support Investment and Exports 
--------------------------------------------- -------- 
7. (U) Proinversion is the national entity devoted to foreign 
investment in Peru. It is in charge of proposing and executing 
national policy on foreign investment, centralizing promotion 
activities carried out by public entities, providing advisory 
services to investors, and registering foreign direct investment 
flows. 
 
8. (U) Sierra Exportadora Program, a Peruvian presidential 
initiative, encourages production of exported commodities by small 
scale producers in the mountains.  In 2006, the Peruvian legislature 
approved President Alan Garca's Sierra Exportadora initiative to 
cultivate an additional two thousand hectares of niche market crops 
in the Andean highlands.  The plan is to allocate $102 million over 
the next five years for infrastructural investments in the Andean 
provinces.  An additional $4.5 million, under the "Integral Plan of 
Repairs," promises to improve the quality of public health in some 
of Peru's poorest regions.  The expansion of roads and construction 
of airports, in conjunction with improvements to be made in the 
public health sector, should boost the area's productivity. 
 
Investments in Non-Traditional Export-Oriented Pr 
oducts 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
9. (U) Under original ATPA benefits, four products (copper, 
asparagus, jewelry and zinc) of the roughly 5,500 covered items 
represented more than 90 percent of the value of ATPA exports from 
Peru.  In 2007, the United States imported copper valued at $1,012 
million and asparagus valued at $198 million (Peruvian government 
figures).  In 2006, the United States imported copper valued at $965 
million and asparagus valued at $149 million (Peruvian government 
figures).  Under the ATPA/ATPDEA, large increases have taken place 
in a wide range of non-traditional exports such as apparel, jewelry 
and various agricultural products.  The stimulation of Peruvian 
exports to the United States under ATPA/ATPDEA has brought more and 
more companies and workers into the export sector, and improved the 
ability of all industries to export to more and more markets.  The 
value of the goods Peru exported worldwide in 2007 reached $27 
billion, an 18% increase from 2006, and in 2006 reached $23.4 
billion, 36% higher than in 2005, and represented over a quarter of 
Peru's total GDP. 
 
Government Efforts to Reduce Drug Crop Production 
--------------------------------------------- ---- 
10. (U) By early November 2007, the Peruvian National Police (PNP) 
Narcotics Directorate (DIRANDRO) mounted successful operations in 
the Upper Huallaga Valley and the VRAE (the Valley of the Apurimac 
and Ene Rivers), destroying over 650 cocaine-production laboratories 
and 1,824 metric tons (MT) of coca leaf. 
 
11. (U) The PNP continued operating Basic Training Academies at 
Santa Lucia, Mazamari and Ayacucho Police Bases located in the two 
main coca source zones.  In total, 1,547 CN male and female police 
officers graduated from PNP training academies, including 727 in 
March and 900 in December.  The increase of DIRANDRO personnel in 
the source zones has contributed to sustained eradication and 
interdiction operations.  An Advanced PNP Officers Tactical 
Operations Training School has been established in Santa Lucia to 
enhance leadership and tactical operation skills of officers who 
will command newly graduated police from the NAS/PNP Basic Training 
Academies.  Additionally, NAS/PNP Pre-Academies have been 
established adjacent to the Mazamari, Santa Lucia and Ayacucho bases 
to improve the academic preparation of local applicants for the 
police entrance exam. 
 
Alternative Development 
----------------------- 
12. (SBU) The GOP has been a strong advocate for post-eradication 
alternative development, taking a very public leadership role both 
in Peru and on the international scene.  DEVIDA presented the 
post-eradication alternative development model at the Inter-American 
Drug Abuse Control Convention (CICAD) meeting in early 2008, and 
Peru has since been named President of the CICAD Experts Group on 
Alternative Development.  This new role for Peru will facilitate the 
sharing of post-eradication alternative development experiences with 
other countries in the region and the world that struggle with 
making eradication efforts sustainable. 
 
13. (SBU) For the first time in history, the GOP has dedicated 
significant budgetary resources specifically to counter-narcotics 
efforts through the Rapid Impact Plan.  The Rapid Impact Plan effort 
is led by DEVIDA, and has resulted in increased funding for 
activities and infrastructure in coca-growing areas, which will be 
implemented by more than 15 government entities under DEVIDA's 
coordination.  Funding in 2008's plan amounted to S/35,000,000 
(12,411,348 USD), a significant portion of which is for economic 
infrastructure, which will directly impact market access for 
alternative development products. 
 
14. (U) The Alternative Development program in Peru has achieved 
sustainable reductions in coca cultivation through an integrated 
approach that increases the economic competitiveness of coca-growing 
areas while improving local governance.  The program works to change 
perceptions and the behaviors of coca farmers for the long term. The 
core of the Alternative Development program - technical assistance 
to farmers so that they can grow alternative crops - ensured that in 
FY 2007 over 30,000 family farmers received technical assistance on 
48,700 hectares of licit crops, including cacao, coffee and African 
oil palm.  In FY 2007, Alternative Development assistance to the 
licit economy in Alternative Development areas resulted in 
approximately $5 million of additional licit sales for those 
organizations in districts where voluntary eradication is taking 
place.  From 2002 to 2007, over 15,000 hectares of coca were 
peacefully eradicated in these communities. 
 
15. (U) The post-programmed eradication alternative development 
program, launched in the final months of FY 2006, has made solid 
gains and is changing the hard-core coca-based mindset of the 
Tocache community in the region of San Martin.  Post-programmed 
eradication looks to keep eradicated communities from replanting, 
making the programmed eradication sustainable. In FY 2007 in 
Tocache, 2,899 families in 48 communities signed non-replanting 
agreements bringing the total to 5,868 families and 87 communities 
in post-eradication Alternative Development.  As USAID and CORAH 
identify future areas for expanded post-eradication alternative 
development, Tocache serves as an example to other communities that 
a viable alternative to coca cultivation does exist. 
MCKINLEY