The new law would give large retailers one year to phase out the use of plastic bags, and smaller businesses two years.
The new law would give large retailers one year to phase out the use of plastic bags, and smaller businesses two years.
Foreign investors can take advantage of the strengths that highlight the Chilean market as a producer and exporter in the agro-industry sector.
Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Food Industry- opinions
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The company plans to produce plastic products for the health sector and to export to other countries in the region.
Building on the country’s track record and solid energy policies, the government has now announced a new line of work with ten undertakings for the next four years, including shorter times for obtaining an environmental permit, technical training and the modernization of institutions.
Topics: Clean Energy- Articles
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Its hotels and restaurants, safety and different leisure alternatives have positioned Chile as a must for business tourism in Latin America.
Chile once again took first place in the IMD’s World Competitiveness Rankings and second place in the Digital Readiness Index published by Cisco and Gartner.
An inflow of US$6,875 million was registered in the country in the January-March period, the second highest figure in the last 15 years.
Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- Articles
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To streamline processes and reduce barriers to investment: that is the key aim of the Pro-Investment project announced by the Chilean government in a bid to give an important boost to the entry of overseas capital into the South American country.
Reduction of time and costs in the long term as well as greater safety and operational efficiency: these are some of the benefits of automation for mining, a trend seen in the industry internationally and that has grown progressively in Chile over the past decade.
In 2017, 50 international projects were filmed in Chile, representing some US$35 million in revenues.
Chile is a pole of innovation in different fields, including fashion. Fabrics of biological origin, the use of unconventional materials, smart clothes and technology applied to day-to-day clothing are just some of the inventions with which the Chilean designers are surprising the fashion world.
Blueberries have become something that consumers want 24/7, year-round. Worldwide, some 1.7 million tons of blueberries were produced last year, two and a half times the number in 2000. That should reach 2 million tons in two years.
Topics: Food Industry- Exports
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Close to 40% of the world’s astronomical infrastructure is in Chile, a figure that is expected to reach 77% by 2020.
Topics: Infraestructura- exportación de servicios
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An attractive export-geared market is part of what Chile offers overseas companies in sectors as different as pet food and packaging solutions.
A panel de experts set out their vision of an industry worth US$15,000 million a year in a country that is the world’s leading copper producer.
With its global services sector expanding at an annual rate of around 11%, two percentage points ahead of the international average, Chile expects exports of these services to reach US$5,000 million by 2020.
Topics: global services
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In recent years, Chile’s energy matrix has evolved notably, increasing its diversification and reducing its dependence on fossil fuels to make way for the so-called green energies, particularly photovoltaic and wind energy.
Topics: Articles- NCRE- Solar energy- photovoltaic solar energy
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According to the company’s senior executive in Chile, there are high expectations of the government as regards new development of public works.
Topics: Foreign Investment in Chile- success stories- Doing Business in Chile- Infrastructure
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Although Chile is the international poster child of investment in photovoltaic solar energy, solar panels are still not widely used in buildings, houses and public places. The government and the private sector are bent on changing this.
Topics: NCRE- Solar energy- photovoltaic solar energy
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The food industry has positioned itself as one of the sectors of the Chilean economy that most interests Chinese investors.
Topics: international trade- China- Doing Business in Chile- Food Industry
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