Blessed with plantations located in the northwestern part of South America, Ecuador is the world’s number one exporter of bananas including plantains. During 2017, Ecuador exported US$3 billion worth of bananas delivered to 71 countries worldwide. That dollar amount reflects a 30.6% increase since 2013 and a 11.1% upswing from 2016 to 2017. The latest […]
Bolivia’s Top Trading Partners
August 23, 2018 by
A landlocked country in western-central South America, the Plurinational State of Bolivia shipped US$7.9 billion worth of products around the globe in 2017. That figure represents roughly 0.04% of overall global exports estimated at $17.581 trillion. From a continental perspective, $3.6 billion or 45.4% of Bolivian exports by value were delivered to other Latin American […]
Argentina’s Top 10 Exports
August 16, 2018 by
Located in the southern half of South America, the Argentine Republic shipped US$58.1 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. That dollar amount reflects a -23.5% decline since 2013 but a 0.7% uptick from 2016 to 2017. Based on estimates from the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook, Argentina’s exported goods plus services represent […]
Chile’s Top 10 Imports
August 1, 2018 by
Chilean imports amounted to US$59.5 billion in 2017, down by -25% since 2013 but up by 1.1% from 2016 to 2017. As of June 2018, Chile’s import purchases were valued at $33 billion up 16.6% compared to the first 6 months of 2017. Chile’s imports represent a tiny 0.4% of total global imports which totaled […]
Bolivia’s Top 10 Imports
August 1, 2018 by
Bolivia imported US$9.3 billion worth of goods from around the globe in 2017, down by -0.5% since 2013 but up by 10.4% from 2016 to 2017. Bolivian imports represent 0.06% of total global imports which totaled $16.054 trillion one year earlier in 2016. From a continental perspective, $4.1 billion or 43.9% of Bolivia’s total imports […]
Bolivia’s Top 10 Exports
August 1, 2018 by
Located near South America’s mid-western coastline, the Plurinational State of Bolivia shipped US$7.9 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. That dollar amount reflects a -35.7% decline since 2013 but a 10.9% uptick from 2016 to 2017. Based on estimates from the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Factbook, Bolivia’s exported goods plus services represent […]
Chile’s Top 10 Exports
August 1, 2018 by
A South American nation occupying a long strip of land bordering with Argentina to its east, Peru to its north and Bolivia to its northeast, Chile shipped US$65.9 billion worth of goods around the globe in 2017. That dollar amount represents a -14.9% drop from 2013 to 2017 but an 8.7% increase from 2016 to […]
Top Brazilian Trade Balances
August 1, 2018 by
Brazil’s overall trade surplus for all products equaled US$67 billion in 2017, up by 232.5% from a $20.1 billion surplus in 2010. Year over year, the $67 billion in black ink in 2017 represents a robust 40.5% improvement from the $47.7 billion surplus that Brazil generated for 2016. As of June 2018, Brazil’s trade surplus […]
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