The distances that Chilean exports travel to reach other countries and their comparison with the rest of the world
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, "each extra kilometer is an additional cost for our businessmen, who from the zero moment begin with a disadvantage in the exporting career".
In that regard, the Undersecretary stressed that “The remoteness of the destination markets means that our exporters must spend more on vessel rentals and the 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, realizes 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 exports to distant countries, helping to reduce the gaps with countries with greater productive specialization”.
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