TRIVIA

With the economic recovery, Chile's foreign trade has grown strongly. In the first eight months of 2021, the country's foreign trade totaled US$117.972 billion, 39% more than in the same period in 2020, which was marked by the pandemic. Of this total, US$56.741 billion corresponded to imports of goods. How much do you think imports of supplies to combat Covid (vaccines, PCR reagents, and needles, among others) amounted to during that period?

a) US$550 million

b) US$1.85 billion

c) US$2.4 billion

ANSWER

Answer: C) According to the Undersecretary of International Economic Relations, imports of supplies to combat Covid totaled US$2.377 billion in the first eight months of this year. This represents more than 4% of total imports of goods for the period. The supplies came mainly from China, the US, Germany, India, France, South Korea, Ireland, Argentina, and Malaysia, all countries with which Chile has free trade agreements, SUBREI points out.