According to data from the Financial System Supervisory Authority (ASFI), the liquidity of the financial system reached Bs 54.7 billion ($7.85 bn). The figure represents a growth of 5.99%, concerning the same period in 2010.
Day: Oct 26, 2020
Hydrocarbon exports fell by 41% and mineral exports by 23%
Hydrocarbon exports fell by 41% and mineral exports by 23% year-on-year between January and September 2020. Other sectors that registered a drastic fall in this period were textile apparel with a 64% drop, jewellery -37%, leather -36% and chestnuts -23%. Beef exports tripled their sales with a growth of 219%, followed by the export of sunflower and derivatives with 46%, cocoa with 28%, coffee 18% and milk 18% growth.
Government guarantees financing of two mn dollars for Sucre Cretaceous Park
The Government guaranteed this Friday the financing of 2 million dollars for the first phase of the expansion of the Cretaceous Park, in the city of Sucre. The addition of the Cretaceous Park, which will occupy 2.7 hectares, is financed, in its first phase, by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
Bolivia exported urea for $4.76 million
Between January and June of this year, Bolivia exported 21,763 tons of urea from the Bulo Bulo plant in the Cochabamba tropics, for a value of US$ 4.7 million, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Brazil and Peru were the only ones to acquire the fertilizer of the Ammonia and Urea Plant, of the state-owned Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB).
Banana exports to the Argentine market reactivate by 60%
The export of bananas from the Cochabamba tropics to the Argentine market was reactivated by approximately 60 per cent in volume. Producers estimate a total cost of 2.5 dollars per box and end up receiving only 1.8 dollars per pack, with a consequent loss of 7 cents on the dollar per box. Exports have maintained to preserve a market and in the face of competition from Ecuadorian bananas. Also, it was necessary to conserve employment for more than 2 thousand families in the Cochabamba tropics who live from this activity.
