PERU SHORT-TERM TRADE LINES RISE TO 430 MLN DLRS

  peru's short-term foreign trade credit
  lines have more than doubled to 430 mln dlrs under president
  alan garcia's 20-month administration.
      Central bank general manager hector neyra told reporters 
  that many of the credits were for 90-day terms and could be
  used several times a year.
      The trade credits stood at 210 million dollars when garcia
  took office on july 28, 1985, and announced foreign debt
  payments would be limited to 10 pct of export earnngs.
      Neyra told reuters that peru was current on interest
  payments on short-term debt, including the trade credit lines
  and on about 750 million dollars in so-called  "working capital"
  credits.
      Neyra did not specify the source of the trade credit lines.
  

