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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-14-037579
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20140512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOUTHERN COPPER CORP/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001001838
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METAL MINING [1000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133849074
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 160
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		602-264-1375

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1440 E. MISSOURI AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 160
		CITY:			PHOENIX
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85014

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN PERU COPPER CORP/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960726

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTHERN PERU COPPER HOLDING CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951006
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Ms.&nbsp;Tia L. Jenkins</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Senior Assistant Chief Accountant</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549-7010</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Re:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Southern Copper Corporation</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2013</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Filed February&nbsp;27, 2014</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">File No.&nbsp;001-14066</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Dear Ms.&nbsp;Jenkins:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">On behalf of Southern Copper Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;),&nbsp;I, Oscar Gonzalez Rocha, the Company&#146;s President and Chief Executive Officer, submit our response to your letter dated April&nbsp;29, 2014, relating to the above-referenced filing.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">To assist in the Staff&#146;s review of the Company&#146;s responses, we have preceded our response with the text (in bold type) of the comment as stated in your letter.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;10-K for the Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2013</font></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7. Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page&nbsp;76</font></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Liquidity and Capital Resources, page&nbsp;96</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1. Please disclose the following in future filings:</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The amount of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held by foreign subsidiaries as compared to your total amount of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments;</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">You would be required to accrue and pay taxes to repatriate these funds; and</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 27.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">You do not intend to repatriate them, if true.</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Provide us with a draft of your proposed disclosures.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">We appreciate the Commission&#146;s comment and will expand our disclosure in the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of our Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;">1440 E. Missouri Avenue, Suite&nbsp;160, Phoenix, AZ 85014</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Phone: 1 (602) 264-1375&#160; -&#160; Fax: 1 (602) 264-1397</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;">www.southerncoppercorp.com</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Condition and Results of Operations to include the information requested in future filings. We expect that in future filings the disclosures in this regard will generally include the following (with appropriate modifications):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">&#147;As of December&nbsp;31, 2013, $213.0 million of our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $1,881.0 million was held by foreign subsidiaries. The cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments maintained in our foreign subsidiaries are generally used to cover local operating and investment expenses. Other than a certain amount of cash that will be needed for general operating cash purposes related to our Mexican operation, the Company expects to repatriate the cash, cash equivalents and short term-investments maintained in Mexico, and has provided for a corresponding deferred U.S. income tax liability of $7.4 million for these unremitted earnings. Any distribution of earnings from our Mexican subsidiaries to the United States is subject to a U.S. federal income tax that equates to approximately 10% of the amount of the distribution, after considering foreign tax credit utilization. Distributions of earnings from our Peruvian branch to the United States are not subject to repatriation taxes. Our Peruvian operations are not foreign subsidiaries. Rather they are mainly comprised of operations that are treated as a branch of our U.S. operations from a tax perspective.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplemental Data</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Note 7. Income Taxes, page&nbsp;119</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2. Since you are a U.S. entity, please tell us your basis for using statutory rates applicable to Mexico and Peru, rather than the U.S. statutory rate, for purposes of reconciling from the domestic federal statutory rate to your effective tax rate pursuant to ASC 740-10-50-12. Refer to Questions 2 and 5 of ASC 740-10-S99-1. To the extent you decide the U.S. statutory rate should be used instead, please provide us the revised reconciliation and accompanying disclosures you will include in future filings.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">In prior years, we have used the Peruvian and Mexican statutory income tax rates in the rate reconciliation as our income tax provision is comprised mostly of these taxes. We believed that this format for the reconciliation disclosure was more useful to the users of our financial statements and, based on a comparison of the rate reconciliation using the U.S. statutory income tax rate and the rate reconciliation using the Peruvian and Mexican statutory income tax rate, was not materially inconsistent with the required disclosures.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">We appreciate the Commission&#146;s comment and will disclose the information, as requested, in future filings. We expect that in future filings the disclosures in this regard will generally include the following (with appropriate modifications):</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;">1440 E. Missouri Avenue, Suite&nbsp;160, Phoenix, AZ 85014</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;">www.southerncoppercorp.com</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2011</font></u></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Expected tax at U.S. statutory rate</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">35.0%</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">35.0%</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">35.0%</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Foreign tax at other than   statutory rate U.S. foreign, net of foreign tax credit benefit</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.2)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.5)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.6</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Percentage   depletion</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5.0)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4.2)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4.0)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Permanent   differences</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.5</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.7</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.2</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Repatriated   foreign earnings</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1.4)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1.7)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.1</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Increase (decrease) in   unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain tax positions</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5.0</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amounts   (over) / under provided in prior years</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.4</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.6)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3.5)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.58%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
<td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.7%;">
<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.1)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(0.4)</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.6</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Effective income tax rate</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">32.4%</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">The Company files income taxes in three jurisdictions: the United States, Peru and Mexico. For the three years presented above the statutory rate for the United States was 35% and 30% for each of Peru and Mexico. While the largest components of income taxes are the Peruvian and Mexican taxes, the Company is a domestic U.S. entity. Therefore, the rate used in the above reconciliation is the U.S. statutory rate.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3. In future filings, please disclose as of each balance sheet date the cumulative amount of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that you intend to permanently reinvest and have not currently provided for in your U.S. income taxes. Please provide us your proposed disclosures. Refer to ASC 740-30-50-2.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">We appreciate the Commission&#146;s comment and will expand our disclosure in the income taxes note to include the information requested in future filings. We expect that in future filings the disclosures in this regard will generally include the following (with appropriate modifications):</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">&#147;As of December&nbsp;31, 2013, the cumulative amount of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries that the Company intends to permanently reinvest and has not provided for in its U.S. income taxes was approximately $4.7 billion. The Company has provided a deferred tax liability of $7.4 million as of December&nbsp;31, 2013 for the U.S. income tax effects of $76.2 million of foreign earnings that may potentially be repatriated in the future from foreign subsidiaries.&#148;</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;">1440 E. Missouri Avenue, Suite&nbsp;160, Phoenix, AZ 85014</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">the Company   may not assert Staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the   Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United   States.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>  </table>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Should you have any questions about the responses in this letter, kindly contact our Chief Financial Officer, Mr.&nbsp;Raul Jacob, at +(602) 264-1375, option 1 (Rjacob@southernperu.com.pe), or our General Counsel, Mr.&nbsp;Javier Gomez, at +52-55-1103-5127 (Javier.Gomez@mm.gmexico.com).</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:9.0pt;">1440 E. Missouri Avenue, Suite&nbsp;160, Phoenix, AZ 85014</font></p>
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