Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Lima
EmbassyPeru · Ambassador: Shri Vishvas Sapkal
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In short
India’s embassy in Peru records bilateral trade of $10.02bn, a reported community of 500, 18 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 68%. Led by Shri Vishvas Sapkal, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$10.02bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 33 minutes ago
Bilateral Brief — Peru
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“The trade between India and Peru during the Financial Year 2025-26 was US$ 10.02bn, of which India’s exports were worth US$ 1.15bn and imports from Peru were US$ 8.87bn.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence500
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Peru"
“PIOs 175 + NRIs 325 = 500”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence18
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 34 minutes ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 30 April 1998)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF SPACE ACTIVITIES — 30 April 1998”
Published: 30 April 1998 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
68%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Peru”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to PeruUS dollars · as stated in the brief$1.15bn
Bilateral Brief — Peru
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“The trade between India and Peru during the Financial Year 2025-26 was US$ 10.02bn, of which India’s exports were worth US$ 1.15bn and imports from Peru were US$ 8.87bn.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from PeruUS dollars · as stated in the brief$8.87bn
Bilateral Brief — Peru
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Commercial Relations” section
“The trade between India and Peru during the Financial Year 2025-26 was US$ 10.02bn, of which India’s exports were worth US$ 1.15bn and imports from Peru were US$ 8.87bn.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$7.72bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Perupersons · as stated in the brief500
Bilateral Brief — Peru
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“The size of the Indian community in Peru is small, numbering around 500, including PIOs, mainly engaged in business and trade.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
MEA’s bilateral brief states the same figure.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Peru
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Recent VVIP/VIP visits from India to Peru” section
“Secretary (East) Shri Periasamy Kumaran visited from 23-26 August 2025.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Agreements on record (18)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU ON COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOMS MATTERSAid and Cooperation05 December 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU REGARDING COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOMS MATTERSAid and Cooperation05 December 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON COOPERATION IN NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGYEnvironment and Resources11 May 2018
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU ON ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT COMMISSIONMiscellaneous28 October 2013
- EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONEducation28 October 2013
- LETTER OF INTENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT, CONSERVATION OF MOVABLE CULTURAL PROPERTY AND DISSEMINATION AND PROMOTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGECultural Relations and Sport28 October 2013
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A JOINT COMMISSIONAid and Cooperation28 October 2013
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON COOPERATION IN GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCESAid and Cooperation13 July 2012
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF REPUBLIC OF PERU FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (CEIT)Education13 July 2012
- PROTOCOL FOR COOPERATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU FOR 2010-2012Science and Technology22 January 2010
- ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON GAINFUL OCCUPATION FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF A DIPLOMATIC MISSION OR CONSULAR POSTDiplomatic Relations20 June 2005
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON ABOLITION OF VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTDiplomatic Relations03 June 2003
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PERU ON COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF SPACE ACTIVITIESAid and Cooperation30 April 1998
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING OF CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERUDiplomatic Relations26 May 1997
- AGREEMENT ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERUAid and Cooperation26 May 1997
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PERUEducation26 May 1997
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND PERUCultural Relations and Sport25 January 1987
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PERU AND THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIABusiness and Trade04 November 1971
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 2 sections, 13,546 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Peru Relations · Political Relations.
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