Chile’s Jan Cu exports rise 8.3% on year to $3.73 billion

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Chile exported $3.73 billion worth of copper in nJanuary, a rise of 8.3% from $3.44 billion in the nsame month of last year, the country’s central nbank said Monday. The value of the country’s nexport of copper have been boosted by record ninternational prices for the red metal which nhave topped $4.40/lb in recent weeks. Copper nis the country’s largest foreign revenue earner, naccounting for around 50% of exports. Chile is nthe world’s largest producer of copper and pro-nduced 5.413 million mt last year.