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<br>By Marco Aquino<br> <br>LIMA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Peru's economy contracted 6.95% year-on-year in September, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html kynghidongduong.vn] its seventh consecutive monthly decline, although at a slower rate than previous months and better than analyst forecasts of a near 9% drop, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-du-lich-trung-khanh-cuu-trai-cau-thanh-do-ha-noi-sai-gon.html tour cửu trại câu] the [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=government%20statistics,creativecommons government statistics] agency said on Monday.<br> <br>The Andean nation, the world's no.<br>2 producer of copper, has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic and strict lockdown restrictions earlier in the year that hurt output of the metal.<br> <br>The decline was less than the falls in previous months and the record drop of 40.5% in April, soon after the first case of the virus appeared in the country.<br> <br>The INEI statistics body added that Peru's economy fell 14.49% in the first nine months of the year.<br><br>(Reporting by Marco Aquino; Writing by Adam Jourdan)<br>