LatinNews Daily - 09 December 2021

In brief: Chile’s copper exports soar

* Chile’s central bank (BCCh) has released new figures which show that Chile’s copper exports totalled US$4.92bn in November, up from US$3.98bn in November 2020, reflecting high international copper prices. Meanwhile Chile’s total exports amounted to US$8.4bn in November 2021, up from US$7.4bn in the same month previous year, while imports totalled US$7.58bn, up from US$4.57bn in November 2020. This enabled the country to post a trade surplus of some US$830m in November 2021.