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Chile

The original report was published in The Financial Times Deutschland on Monday, November 5, 2012
Infrastructure | South America | Chile
Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile
CHILE. Rising towards the new global order
Although neighbouring Latin American countries have faced some economic difficulties in recent years, Chile has emerged a financial leader with significant fiscal growth and has become a haven for international investors looking for a sound economy in the region
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Industry and Trade | South America | Chile
Alexander Kohler, General Manager of Kaufmann
Private-sector companies push economy forward
The real estate and transportation sectors have high-quality companies that are actively innovating and developing Chile
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Finance | South America | Chile
Jorge O’Ryan Schütz, Chile’s Ambassador to Germany
Chile-Germany social and economic ties
Key trading partners, the two countries share important cultural connections and work together through FDI
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Industry and Trade | South America | Chile
Chile is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of wine
A top international food exporter, and still growing
Chile produces some of the world’s most popular wine, fruit and fish, benefiting from low production costs
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Globus Vision

CAPITAL:
Santiago de Chile


POPULATION:
17,067,369 (July 2012 estimate)


REAL GDP growth rate:
5.9% (2011 estimate)


GDP per capita:
$17,400 (2011 estimate)


GDP COMPOSITION BY SECTOR:
Agriculture: 5.1%
Industry: 41.8%
Services: 53.1% (2010 estimate)


BUDGET SURPLUS:
1.5% of GDP (2011 estimate)


INVESTMENT (gross fixed):
23.2% of GDP (2011 estimate)


PUBLIC DEBT:
9.2% of GDP (2011 estimate)


INFLATION RATE:
3.3% (2011 estimate)


INDUSTRIES:
Copper, lithium, other minerals,
foodstuffs, fish processing, iron
and steel, wood and wood products,
transport equipment, cement
and textiles


AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS:
Grapes, apples, pears, onions,
wheat, corn, oats, peaches, garlic,
asparagus, beans, beef, poultry,
wool, fish and timber


EXPORTS:
$81.71 billion (2011 estimate)


IMPORTS:
$70.92 billion (2011 estimate)


EXCHANGE RATE:
1 euro = 610 Chilean pesos