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An interannual increase of 27.9% experienced exports from the Bío Bío region in May 2018, to totaling $ 501.4 million according to National Institute of Statistics (INE).
Twelve-month export behavior was influenced by sectors : Industry, forestry, fishing, mining and other exports.
For Alfredo Meneses, General Manager of the Association of Exporters of Manufactured Products, Abadma Bío Bío "the figure issued by the INE shows a good performance of our exports where one of the elements "
In this sense, the general director of Abadma Bío Bío also stressed that" this figure also explains the work that has been accomplished ". in our region develops the table Comex (of foreign trade), which concentrates its efforts among its members on the elimination of "bull's loins" so that our exports are more competitive on the international market » .
Similarly, Meneses explained that "the example of this is the installation of the Usda inspection site that directly intervenes in a relevant sector in the rising numbers and also refers to a market that is one of the two main trading partners we own (US UU.) Now, to put a note of caution we must observe that our shipments are concentrated significantly in China and the United States Thus, we must pay close attention to what has been called the "trade war" which could become a factor of inflection for our exports, "he said. he warned.
Amounts exported from the industrial sector reached 477.0 million dollars, 26.2% more than the same month of 2017.
In turn, the products of the sector Silvoagropecuario recorded an increase of 64, 1%, the fishery increased by 18.8 % and mining of 478.6%
On the other hand, in the annual comparison, a positive variation of 1199.4% was observed in the other exports, when 39% they were exported 2, 7 million dollars more than in May 2017.
The four activities that concentrate the most significant amounts, ordered from the highest to the lowest participation come from the Industry sector and were: Pulp, Paper and Paperboard Manufacturing, Forestry, Food and Basic Industries and Steel, which accounted for 90.9% of the regional total
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