Berlin, (EFE).- The German Chamber of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) asked this Monday to deepen commercial relations with Chile on the occasion of the visit of a delegation led by the Chilean president, Gabriel Boric, to Berlin.
After the entry into force of the EU-Chile trade agreementtrade between Germany and Chile has intensified enormously, the DIHK highlighted in a statement.
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Thus, in the last 12 months German exports to Chile have increased by 15%while trade flows running in the opposite direction have even increased by 25%.
With a business volume of 4.1 billion euros, Chile is, after Mexico and Brazil, one of Germany’s main trading partners in the Latin American space,”
Declared Ingo Kramer, the president of the Latin American Initiative of the German Economy (LAI).
The LAI and the DIHK are the organizers of a German-Chilean trade forum in Berlin in which the delegation led by Boric will participate this Tuesday first thing in the morningto which the Minister of Energy, Diego Pardow, and the Minister of Economy, Nicolás Grau also belong, recalled the statement.
“The EU-Chile agreement signed at the end of 2023 constitutes a strong and positive signal against the protectionism that is rising worldwide. Now it is about continuing to deepen the traditionally good relations and thus also pave the way for other agreements in the region”
Kramer statement.
According to DIHK data, In February of this year, German exports to Chileworth 218 million euros, grew by 15% compared to the same month of the previous year.
A total of 41.5 million correspond to exports of machinery for the generation and distribution of electricity and 16.5 million for pharmaceutical products, while trucks and special vehicles were also exported.
In the same period, Imports of Chilean products increased by 25.3%from 140 to 176 million euros.
Mostly This is copper and copper derivatives (41.7 million euros) and chemicals (10.8 million euros), as well as tropical and subtropical fruits, nuts and dried fruits.
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