SNI

What SNI does

SNI (Sociedad Nacional de Industrias) is Peru's principal industrial trade association (gremio), founded in 1896 and headquartered in San Isidro, Lima. The non-profit represents manufacturing companies of all sizes — from micro and small enterprises (mypes) to large industrial conglomerates — across sectors including textiles, chemicals, metalworking, fishing, food processing, and plastics. SNI operates five offices across Peru (San Isidro HQ, Callao, Arequipa, Loreto/Iquitos, and Huánuco), employs 101-250 staff, and runs more than 24 specialized committees and commissions covering all major industrial sectors.

SNI's core services include Certificate of Origin issuance under Peru's 17+ free trade agreements (its principal regulatory monopoly for export documentation), legal and regulatory advisory, market intelligence and economic research through the Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Sociales (IEES), industrial training via the Centro de Capacitación Industrial, the APEC Business Travel Card (Multivisa ABTC), and the flagship Expo SNI Industria trade fair. The technology stack is institutional rather than proprietary — no software product is described, with services delivered through the sni.org.pe website, the snicomunica.org.pe communications portal, and the VUCE (Ventanilla Única de Comercio Exterior) integration for certificate of origin. SNI represents Peruvian industry in international bodies including CEAP, CCEA, AILA, ALADI, and ALAC, and is a founding member of the Unión de Gremios del Perú coalition alongside ADEX, AAP, CCL, Canatur, Perucámaras, and the National MIPYME Platform.

The business model is membership-based: SNI is financed through membership dues from industrial associates, supplemented by event income (Expo SNI Industria, business roundtables), training and certification fees, and externally funded development programs (notably EU and GIZ co-financed circular economy initiatives). There is no disclosed revenue, no public pricing for membership, and no parent company. The organization is governed by an elected Executive Committee led by President Felipe James Callao and operates as an independent, member-funded entity serving as the principal institutional voice of Peruvian manufacturing.

Name

SNI

Legal name

Sociedad Nacional de Industrias

Website

https://sni.org.pe

Company type

Private

Founded year

1896

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

SNI (Sociedad Nacional de Industrias) is Peru's oldest industrial association (founded 1896), representing manufacturing companies across all sectors through advocacy, Certificate of Origin issuance, training, market intelligence, and trade facilitation via Expo SNI Industria and regional offices across Peru.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Trade Association Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Professional Organizations (813920)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Trade Facilitation, Customs & Border Regulatory Cooperation (BPADANAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Trade, Export Controls & Customs Compliance (BPAHAFAN), Labor, Social Protection & Occupational Safety Standards Cooperation (BPADANAM)

Keywords

• Industrial trade association
• Certificate of origin services
• Trade facilitation services
• Industrial training programs
• Manufacturing advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

San Isidro

HQ country

Peru

HQ region

Latin America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels14 records

Core offering

SNI (Sociedad Nacional de Industrias) is Peru's principal industrial trade association, providing member industrial companies with services including Certificate of Origin issuance under multiple free trade agreements, the APEC Business Travel Card, industrial training courses and webinars, legal and regulatory advisory, economic studies through the IEES, international trade representation, and major industry events such as the Expo SNI Industria trade fair and circular economy business matchmaking sessions. The association operates regional offices across Peru and represents industrial interests before government bodies, international organizations, and trade forums.

Product overview

SNI (Sociedad Nacional de Industrias) is Peru's principal industrial trade association offering a comprehensive suite of services to member companies rather than a unified software product. The portfolio includes certificate of origin services for international trade under multiple free trade agreements, the APEC Business Travel Card for business travel facilitation, industrial training courses and webinars covering labor law, regulatory compliance and trade procedures, major events including the Expo SNI Industria trade fair and circular economy business matchmaking sessions, legal and regulatory advisory services, economic research through the IEES, and specialized industry committees. These services function as distinct institutional offerings organized around trade facilitation, professional development, market intelligence, and industry representation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Certificados de Origen (Certificates of Origin) Official certificate of origin issuance service for exporting manufacturers, providing preferential tariff treatment documentation under Peru's 17+ free trade agreements. Available at headquarters, Callao, and Arequipa offices.
• Tarjeta Multivisa ABTC (APEC Business Travel Card) APEC Business Travel Card service providing preferential immigration treatment, allowing travel to 19 APEC member economies without visa requirements for up to 90 days.
• Capacitación Industrial (Industrial Training Programs) Industrial training programs and courses covering labor law, trade procedures, chemical substance management, strategic maintenance, process safety, financial instruments for exporters, and other industrial topics delivered via the Centro de Capacitación Industrial.
• Expo SNI Industria (Annual Industrial Trade Fair) Annual flagship industrial trade fair bringing together 300+ industrial exhibitors, international buyers, sectoral forums, and networking events covering 13 strategic industry sectors. The 2025 edition generated over USD 137 million in commercial commitments.
• Ruedas de Negocio en Economía Circular (Circular Economy Business Matchmaking) Business matchmaking sessions connecting small and medium enterprises with large anchor companies to promote circular economy practices, generating commercial opportunities through sectoral and multi-sectoral business rounds.
• Asesoría Legal y Normas Legales (Legal Advisory) Legal advisory services for industrial companies including labor law guidance, regulatory compliance, legal consultation, and representation before administrative bodies.
• Estudios Económicos (Economic Research via IEES) Economic research and analysis services providing industrial opinion surveys, sectoral studies, and market intelligence through the Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Sociales (IEES).
• Comercio Exterior y Asuntos Internacionales (International Trade Services) International trade services including representation in commercial negotiations, international forums, regulatory homologation, commercial defense, and market intelligence through OCEX offices.
• Comités y Comisiones Gremiales (Industry Committees) Industry-specific committees and commissions including textile, fishing, aquaculture, small industry (Copei), quality management, metalworking, and others representing member interests in their respective sectors.
• Sostenibilidad y Economía Circular (Sustainability Services) Sustainability management services promoting circular economy initiatives, environmental compliance, and sustainable industrial practices among member companies, including the 'Promoviendo una Industria Circular' program co-financed by the EU.

Quantifiable outcome

• Industrial manufacturing employment reached 1,518,000 jobs in 2025, with 621,000 women employed (41% participation, up 2.5%).
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

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Partnerships

26 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ministry of Production (PRODUCE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2026Ally in Expo SNI Industria 2026. PRODUCE participates in the annual industrial fair promoting programs like 'Tu Empresa' for formalization, CITE for MIPYME competitiveness and innovation, and announced the upcoming regulation for Special Private Economic Zones (Zonas Económicas Especiales Privadas).
• Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (MINCETUR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2026Ally in Expo SNI Industria 2026. MINCETUR organizes an international business roundtables with 70+ international buyers selected by Peruvian commercial counselors abroad, supporting Peruvian export access.
• Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Export and Tourism (PromPerú)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2026Ally in Expo SNI Industria 2026. PromPerú supports the expo with international buyer engagement, generating USD 149 million in commercial expectations from the 2025 edition with 1,700+ business meetings.
• European Union (EU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 February 2026Supporter of Expo SNI Industria 2026. EU co-finances the 'Promoviendo una Industria Circular' (Promoting a Circular Industry) project through the 'Negocios Sostenibles' Circular Economy Program in Peru, executed by SNI. The project drives transition to circular economy models with innovation, resource efficiency, and normative proposals.
• Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) PeruminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2024Joint 'Course on Formation in Public and Political Affairs for Businesspeople: Leaders for Peru' with 10 sessions covering democracy, economics, public policy, and political engagement for entrepreneurs and guild leaders.
• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2024GIZ co-supports the Circular Economy Roadmap for Manufacturing Industry in Peru and the 'Promoviendo una Industria Circular' project. Also partners on the AL-INVEST Verde program supporting sustainable MIPYME industrial development.
• Cámara de Comercio e Industria de ArequipaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2024Co-organizer of the 'Jornada de Circularidad en el Sector Industrial' in Arequipa, bringing together industrial MIPYMES with large anchor companies for sustainable business matching.
• PromperúminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 August 2024Partner in the Circular Economy Roadmap initiative, supporting sustainable industrial development and export promotion for MIPYMES.
• ATU (Autoridad de Transporte Urbano de Lima y Callao)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 July 2024SNI's Permanent Transport Commission met with ATU to discuss urban logistics challenges of Lima and Callao. ATU presented a diagnostic summary, and commission members proposed actions for a Logistics Development Plan to be implemented before year-end.
• SUNAFIL (Superintendencia Nacional de Fiscalización Laboral)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024SNI participates in joint working groups with SUNAFIL on occupational health and safety protocols. SNI visited member company Pamolsa together with SUNAFIL's Prevention and Promotion direction to update SST protocols in plastics manufacturing.
• SUNAT (Superintendencia Nacional de Aduanas y de Administración Tributaria)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024SNI participates in committees with SUNAT on fiscalization procedures. Companies need SOL credentials provided by SUNAT to access the VUCE Origin Component for Certificate of Origin applications.
• Sociedad Nacional de Construcción e Infraestructura (SNCI)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2024SNI and SNCI signed a collaboration agreement to promote competitiveness in construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors, with joint activities including training, specialized research, and information exchange.
• Nuevo Mundo (Textile company)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 August 2023SNI's Textile and Clothing Committee partnered with Nuevo Mundo on the 'Nuevo Mundo Sin Fronteras' program to help 1,000 Peruvian brands (especially from Gamarra) enter the US market, providing denim and flat-weave textile training and export support.
• Gobierno Regional de LimacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 August 2023SNI signed an inter-institutional agreement with the Regional Government of Lima to install an executive table for productive development of the region. Strategy involves mayors, businessmen, academia, business guilds, and professional associations. Focus areas include agroindustry, Chancay port opportunities, and productive formalization.
• Gobierno Regional de Loreto (GORE Loreto)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 August 2023SNI and GORE Loreto installed an executive table for productive development and signed an inter-institutional agreement to formulate a 'Productive Development Plan' for the region. Focus areas: agroindustry, fishing, and aquaculture. SNI inaugurated its regional headquarters in Iquitos.
• HeinekenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023Partner in SNI's Voluntariado SNI environmental cleanup initiative 'Juntos por Huachipa más verde', cleaning the Ramiro Prialé highway in the Huachipa community.
• Ambipar Environment PeruminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023Partner in SNI's Voluntariado SNI environmental cleanup initiative 'Juntos por Huachipa más verde', contributing environmental management expertise.
• OEFA (Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2023SNI's Fishing and Aquaculture Committee met with OEFA in Paita (Piura) to identify administrative improvement points in the environmental oversight agency's work with the sector. Both parties agreed to continue periodic meetings to strengthen institutional relations.
• INDECOPI (Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2023SNI and INDECOPI met to share opinions on INDECOPI's Draft Environmental Advertising Guide. SNI's contributions were 69% incorporated into the final guide. INDECOPI acknowledged the preventive and guiding approach that avoids initiating sanctioning procedures against companies.
• Pacific Alliance Business Council (CEAP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNI coordinates the Regulatory Homologation chapter in Peru for the Pacific Alliance Business Council (CEAP). Works on regulatory harmonization across member countries (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) to facilitate trade.
• Andean Business Advisory Council (CCEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNI participates in the Andean Business Advisory Council (CCEA) representing Peruvian industrial interests in regional integration discussions.
• Association of Latin American Industries (AILA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNI is a member of AILA, connecting Peruvian industry with Latin American industrial associations for trade and cooperation.
• Association of Latin American Integration (ALADI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNI participates in ALADI activities supporting Latin American integration and trade facilitation.
• Latin American Association to Combat Smuggling (ALAC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNI participates in ALAC to coordinate cross-border efforts against smuggling and contraband that affect Peruvian industry.
• Union of Guilds of Peru (Unión de Gremios del Perú)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoalition of 7 major business associations: SNI, ADEX (Exporters Association), AAP (Automotive Association of Peru), CCL (Chamber of Commerce of Lima), Canatur (National Chamber of Tourism), Perucámaras, and the National Platform of MIPYME Guilds. Convenes presidential forums and issues joint policy positions on economic reform.
• CNTPE (Consejo Nacional de Trabajo y Promoción del Empleo)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSNI participates in the CNTPE as an employer representative, contributing to national labor policy discussions on Decretos Supremos 001 and 014, labor formalization, and dignified employment promotion.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cámara de Comercio de Lima (CCL): CCL is Peru's primary chamber of commerce and SNI's coalition partner, also providing trade documentation, commercial registry, and arbitration services to Peruvian businesses — a domestic peer with overlapping trade-facilitation services and competing gremial representation mandate.
• ADEX (Asociación de Exportadores del Perú): ADEX is SNI's direct coalition partner (Unión de Gremios) and Peru's exporters' association, sharing Certificate of Origin-adjacent services and trade-facilitation scope — a domestic peer with overlapping mandate on the export half of the industrial value chain.
• ANDI (Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia): ANDI is Colombia's principal national business/industrial association, offering trade-agreement advisory, legal services, training, and policy advocacy to manufacturers — the closest functional analogue to SNI in a neighboring Andean economy with similar trade-agreement architecture.
• CNI (Confederação Nacional da Indústria): CNI is Brazil's apex industrial federation, providing SESI/SENAI training, legal advocacy, international trade services and exports support to ~130,000+ industry members — directly comparable in scale, sector coverage, and service breadth to SNI.
• COPARMEX (Confederación Patronal de la República Mexicana): COPARMEX is the leading Mexican employers' association representing industrial and service-sector firms with labor-policy advocacy, training, and member services — a Latin American parallel guild operating in a similarly federated trade-agreement environment.

Broad incumbents

• National Association of Manufacturers (NAM): NAM is the largest US industrial trade association providing advocacy, market intelligence, and member services to ~14,000 manufacturers globally — a benchmark incumbent comparison for SNI's policy advocacy and member-service operating model in a developed-market context.
• Confederation of British Industry (CBI): CBI is the UK's premier employers' and industry association offering policy advocacy, international trade services, and training — long-established peer providing benchmark scale, governance, and event formats for SNI's institutional operations.
• BUSINESSEUROPE: BUSINESSEUROPE is the confederation of European industry federations coordinating policy advocacy at EU level — comparable to SNI through its Latin American industrial federation memberships (CEAP, AILA) and its role as a multi-country industry-political interlocutor.

Others

• AILA (Asociación de Industrias Latinoamericanas): AILA is the regional federation of Latin American industrial associations in which SNI is a member — represents the supranational layer where SNI's international affairs operations plug into the broader industry network.

Emerging players

• FIA (Federation of Korean Industries) / similar national industry federation: National industry federations like Korea's FKI or Vietnam's VCCI provide structurally comparable gremial functions (advocacy, trade services, training) — useful international benchmarks for assessing SNI's potential service line expansion paths in emerging and high-growth markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SNIndustrias
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/ComunicacionesSNI
• Facebookfacebook.com/SNIndustrias
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sociedad-nacional-de-industrias
• Instagraminstagram.com/sni_peru
• TikToktiktok.com/@snindustrias

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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