2014 food inflation in Bolivia

El Diario reports: 2014 Jubileo Foundation Evaluation: Food inflation reached 6.9% in 2014, average food prices rose by 6.9%, according to a report published yesterday by the Jubileo Foundation and released by Radio Fides. According to the data, this rate is lower than that achieved in 2013, when the variation was 10.4% and higher than…

Chia to be produced in Santa Cruz!

El Dia reports: Chia processing plant was inaugurated Company. The event: Argentina executives were present. New investments coming to town. With great fanfare the first processing plant in Bolivia for chia, which has the technology necessary for the conditioning of this seed was inaugurated. … It is located on kilometer 12 to the road of…

2013 inflation will be over 8%

Pagina Siete reports: PRICES OF PRODUCTS Entrepreneurs claim that inflation will be higher than 8% The businessmen of Santa Cruz warned that the country’s inflation this year will exceed 8%, while the Government assures that it shall not exceed that percentage. Santa Cruz entrepreneurs’ President, Gabriel Dabdoub, said that the high prices recorded during the…

Bolivia continues to import more food supplies

The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE), has been kind enough to send us an important chart that shows Bolivia continues to import more and more food supplies. The green bars are the value in millions of dollars. The red line shows the volume in thousands of tons. The yellow box reads: “503 thousand tons of…