Archive for the ‘Copper exports’ Category
The value of copper exports are constantly increasing
The said amount corresponds to sales of copper (3.289 million dollars), gold (3.064 million), zinc (643 million), lead (512 million), tin (237 million), molybdenum (174 million), iron (155 million ), refined silver (42 million) and other metals (five million).
According to the Central Reserve Bank (BCR), the value of copper exports in the first five months of the year showed a growth of 82.9 percent from 2009, although the volume shipped from 473.900 metric tons (MT) was 7.1 percent lower.
In the same period, sales of gold showed a higher amount at 20.3 percent, with the volume shipped two million 685 thousand troy ounces, down 4.1 percent from the previous year. In exports of zinc is also observed an increase in their value of 95 percent from 2009. TM were shipped 499.300, 0.2 percent more than in the previous period.
Exports of metallic mineral products account for 63.4 percent of all exports, traditional and nontraditional made by the country, according to BCR. The metals contained within traditional exports but all the so-called non-traditional exports are also other products linked to mining activity.
They are primarily non-metallic minerals, whose sales totaled $ 67 million in the mentioned period with an increase of 25.8 percent over the previous year. Also include iron and steel products were exported and jewelry amounting to $ 334 million, an increase of 80.8 percent. Finally, is the marketing of metalworking products worth 144 million dollars, observed in this case a decrease of 1.6 percent.