Bolivia's trade deficit registered a substantial fell from $US713 million in the first nine months of 2017 to $US148 million in the same period of 2018, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The main destine of Bolivian exports where Brazil, Argentina and India, while the main imports came from China, Brazil and Argentina.
Day: Nov 12, 2018
“Bolivia must change the rules to attract investments in the hydrocarbons industry “
Argentina and Brazil opened to foreign investment, and thus they managed to increase their oil and gas reserves. They also progressed to become self-sufficient in energy. Meanwhile, Bolivia stayed behind as there were no new oil and gas discoveries in the last decade. "Therefore the rules must be modified to attract private capital towards the hydrocarbon sector," stated energy consultant Boris Gomes Uzqueda.
“Brazil and Argentina paid $US257 million to Bolivia for gas “
Argentina and Brazil have cancelled a debt of $US257 million to Bolivia for the purchase of gas, informed Bolivia's Central Bank president, Pablo Ramos. He added that the money would increase the country's international reserves.
San Cristobal produced half of the silver, plumb and zinc in Bolivia
Mining company San Cristobal extract in 2017 a total of 634,000 tonnes of zinc-silver and plumb-silver concentrate. According to former Mining Minister, Dioniso Garzon, San Cristobal's production is equivalent to 50% of all extractions in Bolivia and represent around 25% of the incomes.
“State-owned companies in Bolivia generated Bs. 51.4bn in a decade “
"State-owned companies produced Bs. 51,360 million in incomes between 2006 and 2017, said Veronica Ramos, director of the Technical Bureau for the Strengthening of the Public Enterprise (OFEP).
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