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Chinese long term bet on Latin American resources

21 October 2014

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21 October 2014

Chinese long term bet on Latin American resources

Report summary

Chinese investments in Latin America are beyond the short-term trade dependency. The region is still far from being China's top energy and metals supplier, but instead, it provides China the opportunity to control strategic assets in oil, gas, metals and mining. While analyzing recent investments by Chinese state-owned enterprises, profitability is identified as the main factor across all their deals in the region, rather than ideological proximity alone.

Executive Summary
How relevant is Latin America in the Chinese portfolio?
- Key facts
  - Top three commodity exports from Latin America to China in 2013 (% of total exports)
  - State-lead investment following on a long term strategy
  - What are Chinese SOE companies buying?
    - Oil and Gas
      - Chinese working interest in oil and gas production
    - Power
  - The three levels of Chinese investment
  - Conclusions