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South America
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General Information
Area 17,840,000 km²
Population 385 million
Countries 12
Dependencies 3
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Population main countries (000)
191.908 Brazil45.013 Colombia
40.677 Argentina
29.180 Peru
26.414 Venezuela
16.454 Chile
13.927 Ecuador
9.427 Bolivia
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• Spanish and Portuguese are the predominant languages of South America.
• Portuguese is spoken only in Brazil – the most populous country in the region.
• Spanish is the official language in the rest of continent.• French is official language only for French Guiana.• In Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich
Islands, English is the official language.• The official language of Suriname is Dutch.
Languages
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Trade Blocs
• MERCOSUR is a Regional Trade Agreement among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay founded in 1991 by the Treaty of Asunción, which was later amended and updated by the 1994 Treaty of Ouro Preto. Its purpose is to promote free trade and the fluid movement of goods, people, and currency.
• Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru currently have associate member status. Venezuela signed a membership agreement on 17 June 2006.
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Trade Blocs• The Andean Community is bloc formed by Bolivia,
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The trade bloc was called the Andean Pact until 1996 and came into existence with the signing of the Cartagena Agreement in 1969. Its headquarters are located in Lima, Peru.
• The Andean Community has 98 million inhabitants living in an area of 4,700,000 square kilometers, whose Gross Domestic Product amounted to US$745.3 billion in 2005, including Venezuela (who was a member at that time).
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Economy – Main High South America GDP
Country 2010 GDP millions of US dollars
Brazil 2,172,058Argentina 596,000Colombia 435,367Venezuela 344,753
Peru 275,355Chile 257,884
Ecuador 114,984Uruguay 47,986
Total South America 4,443,710
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Some important aspects of themain South American countries
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Colombia
• Main commercial partner of Canada.
• In the last years consumption of beans have been migrating to lentils.
• It is the largest importer of Lentils in South America.
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ColombiaPulses Import from Canada (main supplier)
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ColombiaAverage Consumption per Year (in MT)
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Venezuela
• From 2002 there was a mayor intervention from the government (La Casa / PDVSA) in the import purchase and less participation of private sector.
• Basically is not producer of any pulses.
Culture of beans consumption
• Imports of beans : about 80.000 MT (being 85% black beans).
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VenezuelaPulses Import from Canada (in MT)
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VenezuelaAverage Consumption per Year (in MT)
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Peru
• Is the largest exporter of beans in the Andean Community Block.
• It is heavily dependent on the weather condition to have harvest.
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PeruPulses Import from Peru (in MT)
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PeruPulses Exports from Peru (in MT)
Beans – Main Varieties(Black Eye, Large White and Yellow Beans)
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Chile
• In the past years was an important exporter of pulses like Lentils and Beans. Due high land costs, there was a replacement by vineyards and fruits production.
• One hectare in a Central region of the country costs US$ 20.000.
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ChilePulses Exports from Chile (in MT)
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Argentina• Not pulses consumer country, mainly exports all its
production.
• It could be considered the main “Canadian competitor” in Latin America for its neighborhood countries (Mercosul participants).
• Main exporter of pulses in South America.
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ArgentinaExport of Beans (in MT)
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ArgentinaExport of Pulses (in MT)
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Brazil
• First largest population of Latin America (191.908 million people).
• Second largest world bean producer (first is India) with about 3.5 million MT/year production. Main varieties: carioca, black, jalo, engopa, rajado, etc…
• First largest world consumer per capita of beans.
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BrazilPulses Import from Brazil (in MT)
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BrazilCaupi Beans Export
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