Last year exports to the world from countries member of the Andean Community (CAN)that is, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, added a total of US$163,012 million, which represented a growth of 19.5%, compared to the data registered in 2021.
(See: Peru assumes the pro tempore Presidency of the Andean Community).
According to the report published by the General Secretariat of the community, The country that stood out the most in international sales to the world was Colombia, with a total of US$57,243 million and a growth of 38.3%.
Following Ecuador is found with an increase of 24.3% in its international sales, amounting to US$32,658 million. In turn, there is Bolivia with trade to the world for US$13,410 million and an increase of 21.6%.
In the case of Perualthough its sales are higher in terms of dollars with US$59.700 million, its growth was 3.4%, compared to 2021.
Now, in the intra-community exportsthat is, those to member countries, increased by 22.7%, going from US$8,667 million in 2021 to US$10,632 million last year.
(See: Petro requested electrical and energy integration of South America in the CAN).
In this type of trade, the countries that stood out the most were bolivian with increases of 42.1%, Ecuador with 29.2% and Peru with 26.3%. Colombia, for its part, only grew 5.3% in intra-community international sales.
The extra-community exportsthose to the countries of the world excluding CAN members, in the year 2022, totaled US$152,380 million, a figure 19.3% higher than that registered in 2021.
Colombia, under this commercial dynamic, was the member that exported the most, registering an increase of 40.9%. continuous is Ecuador with a growth of 24%, while Bolivia and Peru presented increases of 17.9% and 2.3%, respectively.
In accordance with the statistics prepared by the General Secretariat of the CANIn addition to the raw materials that are traditionally exported from the Andean region to the world, such as crude petroleum oils and copper minerals, there are others such as coffee, plantains, prepared and preserved shrimp and prawns.
For his part, Diego Caicedo Secretary General ai of the CAN, highlighted that in the field of intra-community exported products, soybean oil, crude petroleum oils and also value-added products such as wooden boardspreparations for animal feeding, refined copper wire, among others.
Meanwhile, Non-community products to highlight were crude oils, copper ores and other unwrought forms of gold for non-monetary use.
(See: Colombia’s request: that Venezuela and Chile join the CAN).
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