AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoTrade & Logistics: Uruguay is pitching Nueva Palmira as an Atlantic gateway for Bolivian exporters, offering storage, special customs regimes and preferential rates via the Paraguay–Paraná Waterway. The port has handled 1.75 million tonnes of transit cargo this year. Agriculture: A new women’s cattle industry group is organizing ranchers around training and sector representation; its chair, Yasmine Ribera, has taken Bolivian Zebu genetics into Brazil. Exports: Bolivia’s exports topped $10 billion from January to September despite 53 days of blockades. Export values rose 54% as volumes grew 9%, helping deliver a $2.2 billion trade surplus. Farming Costs: A study estimates mechanized monoculture’s annual environmental, social and human costs at $2.894 billion—above its $2.618 billion production value. Energy: Bolivia’s ethanol policy faces renewed scrutiny: a recent decree sets the purchase price at Bs 8 per liter, while production depends on imported diesel, machinery and technology.
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