Peru's Business and Investment Guide 2015 / 2016 Costa Verde, Miraflores - Lima. Photo: Carlos Ibarra l © PromPeru The Citadel of Machu Picchu, Cuzco. Photo: Enrique Castro-Mendivil l © PromPeru Steelworker. l © EY Wooden idol in front of a mud wall at the Citadel of Chan Chan, La Libertad - Trujillo. Photo: Heinz Plenge Pardo l PromPeru © Peru's Business and Investment Guide 2015 / 2016 Contacts I EY Peru Paulo Pantigoso Country Managing Partner Phone: +51 1 411 4418 [email protected] • Advisory Jorge Acosta Advisory Leader Elder Cama Victor Menghi Phone: +51 1 411 4437 Phone: +51 1 411 4444 Ext. 16102 Phone: +51 1 411 2121 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Numa Arellano Rafael Huaman Renato Urdaneta Phone: +51 1 411 4428 Phone: +51 1 411 4443 Phone: +51 1 411 4438 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jose Carlos Bellina Alejandro Magdits Raul Vasquez Phone: +51 1 411 4444 Ext. 16117 Phone: +51 1 411 4453 Phone: +51 1 411 4415 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] • Assurance Juan Paredes Assurance Leader Elizabeth Fontenla Antonio Sanchez Phone: +51 1 411 4410 Phone: +51 1 411 4436 Phone: +51 1 411 4404 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Victor Burga Ariel Garcia Simona Settineri Phone: +51 1 411 4419 Phone: +51 1 411 4454 Phone +51 1 411 4402 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Victor Camarena Cesar Lucas Mireille Silva Phone: +51 1 411 4488 Phone: +51 1 411 2148 Phone: + 51 1 411 4484 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Daniel Carpio Moises Marquina Victor Tanaka Phone: +51 1 411 4458 Phone: + 51 1 411 4461 Phone: + 51 1 411 4408 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Ricardo del Aguila Fernando Nuñez Carlos Valdivia Phone: +51 1 411 7238 Phone: +51 1 411 4473 Phone: + 51 1 411 4409 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Raul del Pozo Miguel Quijano Marco Antonio Zaldivar Phone: +51 1 411 4467 Phone +51 1 411 2114 Phone: +51 1 411 4450 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Manuel Diaz Wilfredo Rubiños Mayerling Zambrano Phone: +51 1 411 4403 Phone: +51 1 411 4478 Phone: +51 1 411 2216 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Cristian Emmerich Carlos Ruiz Phone: +51 1 411 4413 Phone: +51 1 411 4402 [email protected] [email protected] • Tax David de la Torre Tax Leader Roberto Cores Guillermo Hidalgo Phone: +51 1 411 4471 Phone: +51 1 411 4468 Phone: + 51 1 411 4464 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Humberto Astete Gustavo Chau Ricardo Leiva Phone: + 51 1 411 4477 Phone: +51 1 411 4451 Phone: +51 1 411 4444 Ext. 17307 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Percy Bardales Beatriz de la Vega Elizabeth Rosado Phone: +51 1 411 4470 Phone: + 51 1 411 4482 Phone: +51 1 411 4457 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Maria Eugenia Caller Ruben Espinoza Nelson Santos Phone: +51 1 411 4412 Phone: + 51 1 411 2191 Phone: +51 1 411 2111 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Italo Carrano Veronica Febres Fernando Tori Phone: +51 1 411 2217 Phone: + 51 1 411 4442 Phone: +51 1 411 4479 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jose Ignacio Castro Marcial Garcia Claudia Vega Phone: + 51 1 411 4476 Phone: +51 1 411 4424 Phone: +51 1 411 4483 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] • Transactions and • Corporate Governance Corporate Finance and Sustainability Enrique Oliveros Alvaro Araujo Beatriz Boza Phone: +51 1 411 4417 Phone: +51 1 411 2215 Phone: +51 1 411 2108 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Lima Arequipa Chiclayo Av. Victor Andres Belaunde 171, Av. Bolognesi 407, Av. Santa Victoria 612, San Isidro - Lima 27, Peru Yanahuara – Arequipa 040, Urb. Santa Victoria, Chiclayo 140 Phone: +51 1 411 4444 Arequipa - Chiclayo Fax: +51 1 411 4445 Phone:+51 54 484 470 Phone: +51 74 227 424 www.ey.com/pe +51 74 227 421 Find us in Facebook | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube Interior of the Church of San Pedro - Lima. Photo: Beatrice Velarde l PromPeru © Foreword Peru is one of the most important countries in Latin America. Its diverse characteristics include a variety of climates, a vast territorial expanse, significant natural resources, people with great skills and high academic standards, and a solid economic and industrial background. Today, Peru is considered one of the world’s leading emerging markets, with a solid recent history of economic stability based on an uninterrupted average annual growth over the past 15 years of 5.3% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP), as well as a people who are notable for their productivity and entrepreneurship. These factors make Peru an excellent destination for foreign investment. This Business and Investment Guide is a tool for foreign and national investors, providing key information on the country’s current economic situation and the principal tax, legal, and labor issues, as well as on how to incorporate businesses in Peru, and general information on how to invest and do business in the country. It also contains a complete index of Peru's embassies and consulates abroad, as well as contacts of interest to investors. The Lanzon Monolith at Chavin - Ancash. Photo: Mayu Mohanna l PromPeru © Mohanna l PromPeru Mayu Photo: - Ancash. Monolith at Chavin Lanzon The I Background Information III Sector Analysis 1 Government 19 1 Mining 89 2 Geography 20 2 Financial System, Securities Market, 3 Currency 21 and Pension System 99 4 Economy 21 3 Electricity 107 5 Country Risk and Investment Grade 36 4 Energy 110 6 Investment 41 5 Hydrocarbons 112 7 Population and Human Development 48 6 Construction 115 8 Poverty and Employment 53 7 Manufacture 117 8 Trade and Domestic Consumption 119 II Business Environment 9 Agriculture and Livestock 122 1 Investment Promotion Conditions 59 10 Fisheries 126 2 Trade Agreements 66 11 Transportation and Communications 129 3 Pacific Alliance 75 12 Automotive 131 4 Promotion Mechanisms for 13 Food and Beverage 132 Investment in Infrastructure and 14 Tourism, Cuisine, and Hospitality 134 Utilities 78 5 Peru and the Organization for IV Incorporating a Company in Economic Co-operation and Peru Development (OECD) 85 1 Joint Stock Companies 139 6 Conference of the Parties on Climate 2 Closely Held Corporations 139 Change - COP 20 86 3 Publicly Held Corporations 140 4 Limited Liability Companies 140 5 Branches 140 I. Background Information Contents V Taxes Exhibits 1 Direct Taxes 144 • Principal Regulatory and Promotion 2 Indirect Taxes 152 Entities in Peru 177 3 Municipal Taxes 153 • Economic Promotion Institutions 4 Customs System 154 1 Ministry of Foreign Affairs - MRE: 5 Legal Stability Agreements 158 Executive Office for Economic 6 Mining Law 158 Promotion (DPE) 181 2 Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism - MINCETUR and PromPeru 182 VI Labor and Employment Law 3 Agency for the Promotion of Private 1 Hiring System 163 Investment (Proinversion) 184 2 Current Fringe Benefits 164 4 Peruvian Foreign Trade Association - 3 Taxes and Contributions Levied on ComexPeru 185 Remunerations 165 5 National Confederation of Private 4 Termination of the Employment Business Institutions - CONFIEP 185 Contract 166 6 Association of Capital Markets Business 5 Immigration 167 Promoters - Procapitales 186 6 Supervisory Body 168 7 inPERU 186 8 Lima Chamber of Commerce - CCL 187 VII Accounting Standards 9 National Association of Industries - SNI 188 1 Accounting Standards 171 10 Peruvian Association of Exporters - ADEX 188 11 National Institute of Statistics and Informatics - INEI 189 • Services of EY for Businesses and Investment in Peru • Advisory 193 • Assurance 196 • Tax 198 • Transactions Advisory Services (TAS) 200 • Directory of Peruvian Embassies and Consulates 205 • Directory of Principal Chambers of Commerce 221 • Acknowledgments 228 Peru's Business and Investment Guide 7 Dear friends, In one single generation, we Peruvians have made a transformation based on the consolidation of democracy, stability, the opening of the economy and the creation and development of a policy of social inclusion with economic growth. It is precisely because of this that our aspirations, objectives and goals are becoming increasingly ambitious. Thanks to the enforcement of suitable macroeconomic policies and a stable legal framework, Peru has experienced a sustained economic growth over the past 15 years and even the most cautious forecasts indicate that the Ollanta Humala Tasso country will continue to lead the growth rates in President of the Republic of Peru South America during the year 2015. To this effect, we are busy implementing measures that will allow us to face the challenges that may arise and that, among other benefits, will create further jobs and encourage private investment. It is within this context that all the Peruvian or foreign economic, commercial and investment activities shall be fully guaranteed.