With 24.3%, Ecuador was the second country with the highest increase in exports from the member countries of the Andean Community (CAN) in 2022 compared to 2021. The first is Colombia with 38.3%; Bolivia is in third place with 21.6%, followed by Peru with 3.4%.
Colombia exported $57,243 million in 2022 compared to $41,387 million in 2021; Ecuador exported $32,658 million last year compared to $26,281 million in 2021; Bolivia received $13,410 in 2022 compared to $11,028 million in 2021; and Peru reached 59.700 million dollars compared to 57.752 million dollars, according to the report of the General Secretariat of CAN.
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Exports of coffee, bananas, shrimp and prawn preparations and preserves, along with crude petroleum oils and copper minerals, contributed to a 19.5% increase overall in this item. In 2022, exports of 163,000 million dollars were realized, compared to 136,000 million dollars in 2021, according to the report of the General Secretariat of CAN.
According to the report, intra-community exports (to all CAN member countries) also grew by 22.7%, moving from $8,667 million in 2021 to $10,632 million in 2022.
Bolivia exported the most in this area with 42.1%, followed by Ecuador with 29.2%; They are followed by Peru with 26.3% and Colombia with 5.3%.
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Products exported within the community include soybean oil, crude petroleum oils, as well as value-added products including wood planks, animal feed preparations and refined copper wire.
While exports outside the Community (to all countries of the world, except CAN members) in 2022 reached 152,380 million dollars compared to 127,728 million dollars in 2021.
In this parameter, Colombia jumps out with 40.9%, and on the second is Ecuador again with 24%; while Bolivia has 17.9% and Peru with 2.3%.
The main products exported outside the Community were: crude petroleum oils, copper minerals and their concentrates, other forms of crude gold for non-monetary use, bituminous coal, coffee, among others.
Source: Eluniverso
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