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What are the main imports in Bolivia?

By Christopher Martinez |

Bolivia main imports are: machinery and transport equipment (38 percent of total imports), chemicals and related products (15 percent), mineral fuels and lubricants (14 percent), iron and steel (7.4 percent) and food products and livestock (7 percent).

What is Bolivia export?

Exports The top exports of Bolivia are Petroleum Gas ($2.37B), Gold ($1.85B), Zinc Ore ($843M), Soybean Meal ($533M), and Soybean Oil ($289M), exporting mostly to Argentina ($1.24B), Brazil ($1.24B), United Arab Emirates ($950M), India ($798M), and United States ($444M).

What are the top exports of Bolivia?

In the last two decades Bolivia has become a major exporter of natural gas (43 percent of total exports). Other exports include: silver (12 percent of total exports), zinc (10 percent) and soybeans and related products (7 percent).

What does Bolivia import to the US?

U.S. imports from Bolivia include tin, precious stones, ores, cereals, and fruits and nuts.

What do they drink in Bolivia?

Singani ( the Bolivian national drink) is the main liquor used to produce some of these mixed drinks….Non-alcoholic

  • Mocochinchi – Dehydrated peach cider.
  • Api (Morado) – A maize drink, generally using purple maize but often mixed with white maize, one of them being hot.
  • Somó – Made from maize called “frangollo”.

    What are the main imports and exports of Bolivia?

    Exports by Country | Exports by Category | Imports by Country | Imports by Category. Bolivia main imports are: machinery and transport equipment (38 percent of total imports), chemicals and related products (15 percent), mineral fuels and lubricants (14 percent), iron and steel (7.4 percent) and food products and livestock (7 percent).

    What is the share of manufacturing in Bolivia?

    Annually, manufacturing has accounted for in between 14 and 15 percent of Bolivia’s gross domestic product. The share of industry as a whole (including the mining industry) to the GDP increased from 30 percent in 2000 to 37,3 percent in 2010.

    Who are the major trade partners of Bolivia?

    The most common destination for the exports of Bolivia are Argentina ($1.24B), Brazil ($1.24B), United Arab Emirates ($950M), India ($798M), and United States ($444M). In 2019 Bolivia imported $6.57B, making it the number 121 trade destination in the world.

    How does the global market affect Bolivia’s economy?

    Furthermore, the global market poses a threat to the stability and sustainability of Bolivia’s frail economy: “a drop in export prices, reduction of informal trade” and low-skilled over-homogenized local products have further worsened the bleak condition of Bolivia’s microeconomic activities,…