Continent: Americas

Official Name: Republic of Chile

Nature of the Regime: Presidential Republic

Head of State: Mr. Gabriel Boric Font

Area: 755,776 km²

Currency: Peso

Population (2022): 10.63 million inhabitants

Capital: Santiago, Chile

Main Cities: Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepción, Antofagasta

Official Language: Spanish

Agreements and Conventions

Cooperation between the two countries primarily takes place through international organizations to which both are signatories, notably the United Nations (UN).

Chile is an associated country of the South American economic community, Mercosur, which brings together several countries in the region.

Trade relations between Mercosur and African countries, which were relatively insignificant until recently, have begun to intensify in recent years. Initially focused primarily on Egypt and South Africa, the union is increasingly establishing trade relations with sub-Saharan African countries, notably Nigeria, Ghana, Libya, Senegal, and Angola.

Furthermore, on June 19, 2017, during a roundtable organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, under the theme "Mining for Development - Leveraging Chilean Experience for Africa," both Africa and Chile expressed their desire to establish a mutually beneficial South-South cooperation, particularly in the field of mining. Chile, in fact, has vast experience in this sector and accounts for about 30% of the world's copper supply.

A. The main exported products are: Rubber, Processed Cocoa, and Processed Wood.

B. The main imported products are: fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and edible offals, fish, beverages, petroleum products, fertilizers, mechanical machines, etc.

Chile is the 117th customer and the 26th supplier of Côte d'Ivoire as of the end of 2023.

 

Sources :DGE-DPCEI

 

  • The value of bilateral trade reached 93.932 billion FCFA in 2022, compared to 62.802 billion FCFA in 2022.

  • Over the period 2019-2023, the average value of Ivorian exports amounted to 496 million FCFA/year, compared to 46.456 billion FCFA/year for imports.

  • During this period, the trade balance was negative for Côte d'Ivoire.