TRIVIA

With the economic reactivation, Chile's foreign trade has grown strongly. In the first 8 months of 2021, the country's foreign trade totaled US$117,972 million, 39% more than in the same period of 2020, marked by the pandemic. Of this total, US$56,741 million corresponded to imports of goods. How much do you think imports of inputs to combat Covid (vaccines, PCR reagents and needles, among others) have been in that period?

a) US$550 million

b) US$1,850 million

c) US$2.4 billion

ANSWER

Answer: C) According to the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, imports of inputs to combat Covid totaled US$2,377 million in the first eight months of this year. This represents more than 4% of total imports of goods for the period. The inputs came mainly from China, USA, Germany, India, France, South Korea, Ireland, Argentina and Malaysia, all countries with which Chile has free trade agreements, SUBREI emphasizes.