Venezuela Imports 30 Percent of Foodstuff from Colombia

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Venezuela is facing "serious problems regarding food supply" and the concept of smuggling should be closely reviewed, according to the chair of the Venezuelan Council for Trades and Services Nelson Maldonado.

"The government is well aware of who is involved in smuggling and who is not," he added.

According to Maldonado, tense Venezuela-Colombia relations are particularly going to hit consumers and traders. "Thirty percent of the food we eat in Venezuela comes from Colombia, and I am talking about food items such as eggs, beef, etc. All of this is produced in Colombia."

Maldonado slashed out at President Hugo Chávez's intervention in the economy and forecast this year would be marked by "uncertainty." "As the government intervenes in the economy, it creates these difficulties."


http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/01/29/en_eco_art_venezuela-imports-30_29A1336121.shtml