Small amounts of Polish migrants emigrated to Peru who were promised land near the Ucayali River in the late 1800s.
[1] The most prominent Polish-Peruvian was Ernest Malinowski who is accredited for building the world's highest railway (Ferrocarril Central Andino) in the Peruvian Andes.
[3] In 2002, President Aleksander Kwaśniewski paid a visit to Peru, becoming the first Polish head of state to do so.
[9] Polish exports to Peru include: electrical devices, motor vehicles, light bulbs, dairy products, petroleum oils, tractors, electrical wires and machines for the food industry.
[10] In the post-pandemic era, trade between the two nations have continued to grow and it totaled US$266 million in 2022.