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    Bolivia is a landlocked country located in South America. It has no coastline or ocean ports, but has special "in-transit zones" in ports in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile to facilitate import and export of goods. Key ports used for Bolivian trade include Santos and Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Matarani, Arica, and Antofagasta in Chile and Peru. Railways and roads connect the ports to major Bolivian cities like La Paz, Oruro, Cochabamba, Potosi and Sucre. Goods documentation requires consular intervention at the ports, and sealed containers can be transported directly to Bolivian customs.

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    Bolivia is a landlocked country located in South America. It has no coastline or ocean ports, but has special "in-transit zones" in ports in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile to facilitate import and export of goods. Key ports used for Bolivian trade include Santos and Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Matarani, Arica, and Antofagasta in Chile and Peru. Railways and roads connect the ports to major Bolivian cities like La Paz, Oruro, Cochabamba, Potosi and Sucre. Goods documentation requires consular intervention at the ports, and sealed containers can be transported directly to Bolivian customs.

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    Bolivia is a landlocked country located in South America. It has no coastline or ocean ports, but has special "in-transit zones" in ports in Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile to facilitate import and export of goods. Key ports used for Bolivian trade include Santos and Buenos Aires in Argentina, and Matarani, Arica, and Antofagasta in Chile and Peru. Railways and roads connect the ports to major Bolivian cities like La Paz, Oruro, Cochabamba, Potosi and Sucre. Goods documentation requires consular intervention at the ports, and sealed containers can be transported directly to Bolivian customs.

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    General BOLIVIA

    GENERAL (See Plan)

    GEO-POLITICAL:
    Capital City: Sucre.
    Nationality: (noun) Bolivian, (adjective) Bolivian.
    Population: 8,989,046.
    COMMUNICATIONS:
    International Direct Dial Code: 591.
    Number of Internal Airports: 16.
    Major Languages Spoken: Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara
    (official).
    ECONOMY:
    Currency: 1 Bolivian Boliviano (BOB) of 100 Centavos.
    Main Industries: Mining, smelting, petroleum, food and beverages,
    tobacco, handicrafts and clothing.
    ENVIRONMENT:
    Coastline Extent: 0 km.
    Climate: Varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid.
    Natural Resources: Tin, natural gas, petroleum, zinc, tungsten, antimony,
    silver, iron, lead, gold, timber and hydropower.
    Natural Hazards: Flooding in the northeast (March-April).
    Terrain: Rugged Andes Mountains with a highland plateau (Altiplano),
    hills, lowland plains of the Amazon Basin.
    Average Temperatures:
    Month High Low
    January 18␥ C 6␥ C
    June 17␥ C 1␥ C
    September 17␥ C 3␥ C
    DOCUMENTS: In each port there are Bolivian Customs Authorities under
    the control of the Bolivian Consul. At none of the ‘in-transit ports’ are any
    special Consular despatches or documents needed by vessels, other than
    those required by the particular country. It is only necessary to present
    separate manifests for cargo in transit to Bolivia.
    However commercial invoices, and goods documentation does require
    consular intervention.
    Shippers must provide Bills of Lading and Consular Invoices and also
    attach suppliers invoices, certificates of origin and insurance policy. Most
    imports are handled under letters of credit. Documents must be made out in
    Spanish. At Ocean Port, forwarding Agents replace the Bill of Lading with a
    railway bill or trucking bill. There is no exchange control or shortage of foreign
    exchange in Bolivia.
    Claims are finally set up (shortages, condition, etc.) in Bolivia, and hook
    tallies, local port receipt to Bolivian Customs, railway or truck receipts, etc.,
    all form part of the settlement.
    GENERAL: Bolivia is completely land locked with no ocean ports.
    The country has special port facilities or ‘in transit zones’ in Brazil at Santos;
    in Argentina at Buenos Aires and Rosario, and to the Pacific at Matarani in
    Peru, also Arica and Antofagusta in Chile.
    Santos (Brazil): The railway is from Santos to Santa Cruz (Bolivia) via the
    Bolivian border town of Corumba, a total distance of 1,300 miles. The port
    has a shed for Bolivian and Paraguayan imports and exports.
    Buenos Aires and Rosario (Argentina): At the port of Rosario, a quay of
    820 m., with land and sheds, has been made available for the discharge,
    loading, reception, dispatch and storage of Bolivian imports and exports. A
    railway runs from Rosario to La Paz via the Bolivian frontier town of Villazon,
    and another line past Salta to Santa Cruz via Yacuiba on the boundary,
    distances of 1,300 miles and 1,500 miles respectively. Buenos Aires has no
    ‘free zone’ for Bolivian cargoes.
    Matarani (Peru): The port has facilities for handling Bolivian imports and
    exports. There are storage sheds for general cargo, a mobile loading tower
    for ores and concentrates, and a mobile pneumatic tower for discharging bulk
    grain. Containers can be landed and sent through to Bolivia or stripped and
    the goods stuffed into local containers (railway owned, if possible) for
    transport to Bolivia. A railway unites the port with Puno on Lake Titicaca,
    where a steamer transports cargo to Guaqui and then by rail or road to La
    Paz (525 miles) or other Bolivian towns.
    There is also an unpaved road direct to La Paz and to other Bolivian cities,
    that is a useful alternative to the railway, but, as with the road from Arica, it
    is often in bad condition during the rainy period, December to April. A road
    from Ilo to the Bolivian frontier town of Desaguadero has been completed.
    Arica (Chile): The railway is the shortest route (283 miles) from a sea-port
    through to La Paz. There is also a road, on which trucks take about 48 hours
    to transit between Arica and La Paz, but during the rainy season, December
    to April, the condition of this unpaved road so deteriorates that road transport
    can be delayed for up to 12 days.
    The port has a warehouse for Bolivian cargo and facilities for handling
    containers and dispatching them in bond by rail or road to Bolivia.
    Antofagasta (Chile): The railways transports the greatest tonnage of
    Bolivian imports (mostly bulk grain) and exports (minerals – ingots, ores and
    concentrates).
    It links Antofagasta with La Paz via Oruro and is 729 miles long. There
    are branches to Cochabamba, and Potosi and Sucre.
    CONTAINERS: It is possible to despatch sealed containers right through
    to Customs in Bolivia for opening there.
    WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: All weights and measures are to be
    expressed in the metric system, except for lumber, in board feet.

    See guidelines for compiling and submitting information (page xi) 301

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