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CHILEIts Land, People and Business Opportunities
SOUTH AMERICA
Area• Slightly larger than the area of Texas
• Over 4,000 miles of coastline
Population17,460,491
LanguageSpanish
CurrencyChilean peso
Santiago
CHILE
EXPLORING CHILE
• Vast mineral wealth
EXPLORING CHILE: NORTHERN ZONE
• World capital of astronomy.
• Development of Unconventional Renewable Energies
CENTRAL ZONE
• Capital of the country: Modern area for business and residential developments
EXPLORING CHILE: CENTRAL ZONE
• Largest airports and ports in the country
• Among the ninth largest wine producers in the world
• Major agricultural producers in Counter season (U.S. winter season fruit Consumption).
SOUTHERN ZONE
• Agriculture and Seafood industries
EXPLORING CHILE: SOUTHERN ZONE
• Important fisheries, livestock, forest, and mineral waters with high added value.
• Naturally protected environment
• Sustainable forests for wood industry
WHY CHILE ?
• Ranks 22 among 176 countries in the "Index 2013Corruption Perception“, being a leader in Latin America.
GENUINE AND TRUSTWORTHY COUNTRY
WHY CHILE?
• Open and stable economy
• One of the most competitive economies in the region
• Solid institutional framework
• First South American country to be a member of theOrganization for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD).
INTERNATIONAL INDICES AND REPORTS
Nº1In Latin America
✓ Global IT report 2015World: 38 of 143 World Economic Forum
✓ Best countries to do business 2014World: 29 of 146 Forbes magazine
✓ Global Competitiveness Index 2014 - 2015World: 33 of 144 World Economic Forum
Nº1In Latin America
INTERNATIONAL INDICES AND REPORTS
✓ Global Food Security Index – 2015World: 27 of 109 Economist Intelligence Unit.
✓ Index of Economic Freedom 2015World: 7 of 178 Heritage Foundation
✓ Logistics Performance Index 2014World: 42 of 160 World Bank
OPEN COUNTRY CONNECTED WITH THE WORLD
WHY CHILE?
25 FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
62 COUNTRIES
4,5WORLD´S GDP90%
BILLION PEOPLE
NATURALLY PROTECTED ECOSYTEM: FOOD INDUSTRY
WHY CHILE?
• Chile’s Mediterranean climate condition
• In summer Chile has warm days and cool nights: Very good for fruit production. Sugar accumulation is enhanced.
• 88% of the food that Chile exports belongs to the Mediterranean diet: Health benefits.
• “Sanitary island”: Geographical condition isolates the country from major pests and diseases.
• Chile is the only country that has not been attacked by phylloxera, a plague that destroys vines.
A FOOD SUPPLIER FOR THE WORLD
WHY CHILE?
• In a field of over 200 countries, Chile ranks 16th among food and beverage exporters.
• Chile ranks after New Zealand and Belgium among countries whose food industry is worth over 10 percent of GDP.
• Chile ships a broad range of quality, safe, export-grade foods.
• Around the world each day:
o 7million people enjoy Chilean salmon,
o 6.5 million drink a glass of Chilean juice,
o 17 million drink a glass of Chilean wine, and
o over 9 million enjoy Chilean seafood.
Millions of people around the world each day choose products from Chileand have made us into a world-class exporter in different industries and of diverse products.
Fresh blueberries
Fresh cherries
Fresh grapes
Prunes
Dehydrated apples
Frozen whole salmon
Mussels
WORLD'SBIGGEST
EXPORTER
Shelled walnuts
Fresh plums
Fresh salmon fillet
Unshelled almonds
WORLD'SSECOND
BIGGEST
EXPORTER
2
WORLD'STHIRD BIGGEST
EXPORTER
3 Raisins
Frozen raspberries
Grape juice
Inulin
CHILE – U.S. BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
ProChile • imagina crece exporta • www.prochile.gob.cl
CHILE-US FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
• 12 years of the signing of the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and the U.S. In January 2015 all import taxes were fully eliminated by both countries for all products (no exclusions).
• Since its inception in 2004, Chilean exports to the U.S. have grown at an annual rate of 10%.
• The U.S. has become Chile’s second largest trading partner, and the second destination of Chilean exports, after China.
• The U.S. is the main destination of Chilean non-copper exports.
• The U.S. is the largest buyer of agricultural products from Chile.
• Bilateral trade between Chile and the U.S. has grown four times with the Free Trade Agreemen: $23 billion
BILATERAL TRADE 2014
($ Billions)
2013 2014 % Var 14/13
Exports to the USA 9.7 9.2 -5%
Imports from the USA 15.1 13.4 -11%
Bilateral Trade 24.8 22.7 -9%
Balance of Trade -5.3 -4.1 -23%
EXPORTS / COPPER EFFECT
% Part. % Var. Dif B(US$)
Total Exports (Billions US$) 2013 2014 2014 14/13 14/13
To the U.S.A. 9.7 9.2 100% -5% -0.5
- Goods 6.4 6.9 75% 8% +0.5
- Copper 3.3 2.3 25% -29% -1
% Goods 66% 75%
WINE
FORESTRY IND.
MANUFACTURED GOODS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
SEAFOODMINERALS (EXC. COPPER)
US$2.3 BILLION
US$790 MILLION
US$1.6 BILLION
US$262 MILLION
US$345 MILLION
US$1.5 BILLION
22%
34%
23%
11%
5%
4%
US$6.9 BILLION
CHILEAN GOODS EXPORTS TO THE USA*BY MACROINDUSTRY IN 2014
Source: ProChile trade intelligence with figures from Chile's Central Bank.
* Excludes copper and services.
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1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
E.E.U.U China Japón Brasil Perú Bolivia Holanda Corea del Sur México Colombia
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
US$ MILLION
Ten main destinationsGOODS EXPORTS*
Source: ProChile trade intelligence with figures from Chile's Central Bank.* Excludes copper and services.
U.S.A. Netherlan
dsSouth Korea Mexico ColombiaBoliviaPeruBrazilJapanChina
CHILE – MIAMI BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS
CHILE: No. 5 Miami Trade Partner (Total Trade $5 billion)
ProChile • imagina crece exporta • www.prochile.gob.cl
ProChile • imagina crece exporta • www.prochile.gob.cl
ProChile • imagina crece exporta • www.prochile.gob.cl
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