10/01/2008 04:29PM
SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--Sharp gains in gasoline, housing and food prices will likely lead Chile's consumer price index to post an increase in September.
The CPI likely rose 0.8% in September from August, according to the median estimate of eight economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires. Estimates ranged
04/11/2008 08:24AM
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2008-Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced that Chile's Livestock and Agricultural Service approved the U.S. inspection, control and certification systems for poultry, allowing these products to enter the Chilean market effective immediately.
"This agreement represents
02/04/2008 07:34AM
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Grain futures traded on Globex overnight were higher as of 1200 GMT Monday.
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05/17/2007 06:21AM
Chile plans to triple its annual beef production to 750,000 tons within 10 years, the nation's agrarian lending agency, Indap, has announced. The South American nation currently produces 247,000 tons of beef annually, and the increase in output will be achieved under Chile's beef-management program,
03/06/2007 01:00PM
SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--The Chilean Escondida copper mine, controlled by BHP Billiton Ltd. (BHP), plans to build a $100 million tunnel to facilitate ore transportation to the concentrator plant, El Mercurio newspaper reported Tuesday, citing an undisclosed source.
The tunnel, spanning from the open
01/19/2007 01:58PM
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones)--Chile food-safety officials will be in Brazil next week to inspect and possibly authorize meat-packing facilities in Rondonia, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina states to ship meat to Chile, the Brazilian Agriculture Ministry said in a press statement Friday.
Three missions
12/01/2006 07:46AM
SAO PAULO (Dow Jones) - The Brazilian Beef Exporters Association, Abiec, said Friday it was investigating possible chemical and other residues on Chile salmon imports and will pressure Brazil's Agriculture Ministry to retaliate in exchange for Chile's suspension of some of its bans on Brazilian beef
11/17/2006 07:39AM
Argentina expects to be declared free of foot-and-mouth disease at the end of this year amid vaccinations and is redoubling its efforts to prevent future outbreaks of the stubborn virus, the nation's top animal health official said this week.
On Dec. 6, a group from the World Organization for Animal
11/16/2006 10:20AM
SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--Central and southern Chile are set to again receive Argentine natural gas, but supplies in Patagonia have suffered a partial shutdown, Mining and Energy Minister Karen Poniachik told reporters Thursday.
"Once Argentina's internal gas pipeline system stabilizes, we will be able