Peru expects US$8bln investment commitments in 2013

Fuente/Source: Andina

Peru expects US$8bln investment commitments in 2013  


Lima,  (ANDINA). Peru's investment promotion agency Proinversion expects investment commitments to reach US$8 billion in 2013.

Proinvesion executive director, Javier Illescas, said that there are several projects in portfolio such as Line 2 of Lima Metro, Cusco's Chinchero International Airport and Pisco's port.

He noted that Chinchero airport and Line 2 of Lima Metro will require a US$420 million and US$5 billion investment, respectively.

Meanwhile, Pisco' port in Peru's southern region of Ica will entail an investment of around US$100 million.

"We have several projects with those amounts. We are talking about seven to eight billion dollars," Illescas said.

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