The distances that Chilean exports travel to reach other countries and their comparison with the rest of the world

According to information from the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, national shipments travel three times more than the world average.

29/07/2019

SANTIAGO.- «Chilean exports must travel an average of 13.593 kilometers to reach their destination». That was the calculation reached by the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations - with figures from the International Trade Center, WTO-United Nations - regarding the distances that ships, airplanes and land transport means must travel to dispatch national shipments.

Thus, according to the new entity led by Rodrigo Yáñez, "every extra kilometer is an additional cost for our businessmen, who from moment zero begin at a disadvantage in the export race."

In that regard, the Undersecretary stressed that «the remoteness of destination markets means that our exporters must spend more on ship rental and cold chain, which directly affects its international competitiveness.

In this context, the main data of the study to which he had access Emol and which is detailed below, shows that Chile is a country "that must invest heavily in export infrastructure to compete internationally as a supplier."

Therefore, the entity emphasized the importance of the approval of the TPP11 arguing that «Through the reduction of tariffs at destination, the standardization of customs processes will reduce costs and times, implicit in exporting to distant countries, helping to reduce the gaps with countries with greater productive specialization.