Another “accomplishment” of the coca grower presidency… WTH?!

ANF reports in Pagina Siete: Foreign Trade Bolivia goes from exporter to importer of wood Since 2010, exports of wood and articles experienced a steady decline in the value of their sales, as opposed to imports that kept growing and exceeded exports in 2014 valued at $9 million dollars. The data show that from January…

Dramatic drop in soybean and sunflower

El Diario reports: Dramatic drop in soybean and sunflower The export of soybean and sunflower fell 28% in value terms and 23% in volume terms in January this year [2015], with regard to the same month last year, something that had not happened ten years ago. A report by the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade…

IN BOLIVIA, CONTRABAND REPRESENTS 45% OF IMPORTS

Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: A STUDY OF TEN YEARS AGO IS NOT UPDATED CONTRABAND REPRESENTS 45% OF IMPORTS A study conducted between 2004 and 2005 showed that smuggling represented 45 percent of legal imports, which at the time reached approximately $2,500 million dollars, representing an illegal income of about 800-1,000 million dollars. The…