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Business Opportunities in Bolivia

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Business Opportunities in Bolivia
Business Opportunities in Bolivia

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Business Opportunities in Bolivia

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Accumulated inflation for 2011 was 6.9%, with a peak year-on-year inflation rate in June 2011 of 11.3%. The drop is due to lower inflationary pressure on food prices, which reached a high of 17.5% in June 2011, falling to 8% at the end of the year. Non-food items registered an overall decrease from 7.7% in June to 6.1% in December. Total investment in Bolivia in 2011 reached 23% of GDP, up from 17% in 2010. Public investment has risen from 9.2% of GDP in 2010 to 11.4% of GDP in 2011 ($1.8 billion to $2.8 billion), due mostly to road construction and increases in investment of state-run companies. Private investment (both domestic and FDI) increased from 7.8% of GDP in 2010 to 11.6% ($1.5 billion to $2.9 billion) of GDP in 2011, due to investments in hydrocarbons, construction, and mining. Exports rose by more than 30% between 2010 and 2011, reaching $9.1 billion. In 2011 Bolivia's top exports were: hydrocarbons (45% of total exports), minerals (27%), manufactured goods (24%), and agricultural products (4%). More specifically, top export products were: natural gas (42% of total exports), silver (12%), zinc (10%), soy (7%), tin (4%), and lead (3%). Export items with the greatest increases by value were non-processed gold (570% compared to 2010 levels), paper (190%), processed gold (181%), processed silver (158%), other metals (120%), borates (66%), copper (59%), non-processed silver (58%), processed antimony and antimony oxide (58%), and manufactured leathers (50%). The products with the sharpest decreases in exports were: sugar (-98%), sunflower seeds (-72%), tobacco (-67%), and furniture (-46%). Bolivia's top export markets in 2011 were Brazil (33%), Argentina (11%), United States (10%), Japan (6%), Peru (5%), South Korea (5%), Belgium (4%), China (3%), and Venezuela (3%). From 2010 to 2011, Bolivian imports rose by 41% to $7.6 billion. Bolivia imports a large number of industrial supplies and inputs (for example, replacement parts, chemicals, software, and other production items) (31% of total imports), other imports are: capital goods (21%), fuel (13%), consumer goods (10%), and others. Top import products within these categories were machinery and mechanical appliances (17% of total imports), chemical products (14%), fuels and oils (14%), vehicles (13%), minerals (8%), and food (7%). Bolivia also imports significant quantities of steel, electrical machinery equipment and parts, and plastics and plastic products. Import items with the largest increases by value were: services for oil and gas extraction (307% compared to 2010 levels), agricultural products (80%), personal vehicles and transport vehicles (77%), coal and lignite (71%), leather products (71%), office supplies and software (64%), and electronic devices (54%). Those that experienced the sharpest decline were minerals (down 45% from 2010 levels), and items related to publishing, printing, and recorded reproduction (-32%).

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Barnes & Noble does business -- big business -- by the book. As the #1 bookseller in the US, it operates about 720 Barnes & Noble superstores (selling books, music, movies, and gifts) throughout all 50 US states and Washington, DC. The stores are typically 10,000 to 60,000 sq. ft. and stock between 60,000 and 200,000 book titles. Many of its locations contain Starbucks cafes, as well as music departments that carry more than 30,000 titles.

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