Delegate
Location:
Santiago
Countries covered:
Chile
Time difference with France (summer/winter): - 4hr / - 5hr
Office opening hours: 9.00 / 13.30 - 14.30 / 18.30
Weekly closing: Saturday/Sunday
Phone number: +56 22 225 55 47
Population: 18 million
Official languages: Spanish
Usual language (for brochures): Spanish
Political system: Presidential Republic
Currency: Chilean peso (CLP)
Exchange rate May 2017: 1 EUR = 725,2 CLP
GNP 2016: USD 247 billion
Economic growth 2016: + 5.4 %
Inflation 2016 : + 3.8 %
Main industries: Mining (copper), food, wine, fish farming, energy, construction
Imports: USD 59.9 billion
Exports: USD 63,03 billion
Principal trading partners: USA, China, Japon, Argentina and Brazil