Peru governor touts Chinese interest in deep-water port pitched as Chancay alternative
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Scaled back to US$844 million from a US$7 billion plan, Corio terminal in Arequipa has yet to secure an investor or operator
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Igor Patrick in São Paulo Published: 4:10am, 14 Oct 2026 Updated: 4:48am, 14 Oct 2026
A planned US$844 million port in southern Peru has drawn interest from several foreign investors, including Chinese companies, a regional governor said on Monday, as the government began promoting the project abroad.
“Several companies have approached us. We have investors from the US, China and India who are very interested,” Rohel Sanchez, the governor of Arequipa, told reporters after signing an agreement with the state investment agency Proinversion.
He said firms from Turkey and the Netherlands had also been in touch, as had South Korean investors interested in technology for a logistics park to be built alongside the terminal.
Proinversion president Luis del Carpio said Corio would likely handle general cargo and containers but could also be used to export copper from the region to Asia.
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