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China is Bolivia's second-largest trading partner and its primary source of imports.

According to Chinese customs data, bilateral trade between China and Bolivia in the first half of this year went up 77.4% from the same period last year.

Argentina announced in April that it will use Chinese yuan to pay for goods imported from China. In February Brazil signed a memorandum of understanding with China to use yuan for transactions clearing in Brazil.

The yuan is a unit of renminbi, the world’s 5th largest settlement currency, 3rd largest trade finance currency, and 5th largest international reserve currency.