At the Chilean port of Arica, operator Terminal Puerto Arica (TPA) forecasts handling at least 3mt (million tonnes) of Bolivian cargo in 2013. In 2012, this type of traffic reached 2.5mt, but in the first ten months of 2013 2.4mt had already passed through TPA facilities. There is something of an equilibrium between imports and exports, with Bolivian traffic accounting for 80% of total traffic at the Chilean port.
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