The executive president of the state-owned company, Marcelo Gonzales, said that they plan to achieve this result by the end of August, and by the end of the year they plan to exceed US$23 million for this concept.

He explained that 80 percent of potassium chloride production is exported to the Brazilian and Chilean markets, and the remainder to the domestic market.

The executive added that lithium carbonate is mainly sold to the Asian and Russian markets.

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