The Plurinational State of Bolivia is a landlocked country in South America surrounded by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru. Bolivia has a surface area of 1,098,581 sq.kms and just over 11.3 million inhabitants, and a GDP of US$37,6 billion (source: World Bank, 2017).
Bolivia boasts significant mineral resources of iron, copper, and especially tin, of which it is the world’s leading producer. Bolivians also have large reserves of natural gas, oil, lead, antimony, tungsten, gold and silver (2nd largest gas reserves in South America behind Venezuela). Bolivia’s main trading partners are its neighbours, Brazil, Argentina and Chile, along with the United States followed by Japan and EU countries. The European Union (mainly Spain, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom) is Bolivia’s fifth largest trading partner with investments in mining and hydrocarbons.
France also participates in the Bolivian economy by investing in equipment, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and chemicals.
In order to meet the needs of its customers on the Bolivian market, Simon Associés has developed privileged relations with economic and legal partners locally.
