Bolivia Increases Biological Trade
La Paz - The Bolivian exports in the
biotrade, including native products as
quinua, chestnut, palmetto, maca and others,
generated $110 million in 2008, local Cambio
newspaper said on Sunday.
Cambio published a report of the private
Bolivian Institute of External Trade (IBCE),
saying that the main markets were the United
States and European Union countries.
IBCE President Pablo Antelo said Bolivia is
a potential product generator in biotrade,
due to its great ecological diversity.
"The exports of these products have grown at
a pace of 20 percent since 2003. That is to
say from $47 million that were registered
that year to $110 million in 2008," he
explained.
The main entity in charge of boosting and
supporting development of biotrade in
Bolivia is the Friends of the Nature
Foundation (FAN) that presented last week
the potentialities and benefits of that
activity, he said.
In 2008, 113 Bolivian companies were
identified in biotrade.
In the Andean region, Ecuador stands out as
the country with more sales in this sector,
with $301 million in 2007, followed by
Colombia, with $171 and Peru, with $128
million. |
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