Cámara de Exportadores

What Cámara de Exportadores does

Cadex (Cámara de Exportadores, Logística y Promoción de Inversiones de Santa Cruz) is a non-profit chamber of commerce founded in 1986 and headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. The organization supports Bolivian exporters — across manufacturing, agricultural, and service sectors — with advisory services covering customs regulations, logistics coordination, tariff analysis, rules of origin certification, and sanitary regime compliance. Its sole defined customer segment is Bolivian Exporting Companies seeking access to international markets, with primary geographic focus on MERCOSUR, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Cadex acts as the institutional articulator of Bolivia's trade policy framework, with direct integration into ALADI, the Comunidad Andina (CAN), MERCOSUR, and a portfolio of bilateral partial-scope agreements (ACE N° 36 MERCOSUR, ACE N° 66 Mexico, ACE N° 22 Chile, ACE N° 47 Cuba).

The product portfolio consists of three core offerings: Precios Internacionales, a real-time international commodity price dashboard for agricultural products, minerals, and hydrocarbons, powered by an Investing.com data feed integration with automatic online updates; Trade Advisory Services, providing consulting on customs, logistics, tariffs, rules of origin, and sanitary regimes; and the Trade Agreements Information database, a comprehensive reference covering Bolivia's regional and bilateral trade agreements, including the ongoing MERCOSUR incorporation. The underlying technology stack is a third-party data integration plus content/database platform — there is no proprietary model, no API, no SDK, and no mobile application. Alliances with Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (academic/research) and Ratiolegis (legal/compliance) extend service depth for members.

Cadex operates a non-profit, private membership-and-advisory model with no public pricing disclosure and no external funding or ownership structure. Distribution is single-country (Bolivia) via direct advisory engagement from the Santa Cruz headquarters, supplemented by content marketing and organic social channels (Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok). The strategic trajectory is being shaped by Bolivia's 2024 incorporation as a State Party into MERCOSUR (with a four-year normative integration window) and the foundation of WTO membership since 1995 and GATT participation since 1990. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.

Name

Cámara de Exportadores

Legal name

Cadex - Cámara de Exportadores, Logística y Promoción de Inversiones de Santa Cruz

Website

https://cadex.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cadex is a non-profit Bolivian chamber of commerce founded in 1986, providing export advisory services, trade agreement intelligence, and real-time commodity price data to Bolivian exporters across manufacturing, agricultural, and service sectors. Headquartered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Export Trade Services

akta.pro primary industry

Customs Clearance & Border Trade Facilitation (BPAIADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Customs Brokerage & Trade Compliance Management (TLAIANAD), Customs Valuation & Transfer Pricing (Customs) Advisory (TLACAGAD), Customs Duties, Tariff Classification & Valuation (BPAIADAG)

Keywords

• Export advisory services
• Trade facilitation
• International commodity pricing
• Trade agreement guidance
• Customs consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Cruz De La Sierra

HQ country

Bolivia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Export Advisory and Trade Services: Revenue generated through membership fees, advisory services, and trade facilitation for Bolivian exporters. Services include customs regulation guidance, logistics coordination, tariff analysis, rules of origin certification, and health regime compliance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Cadex is a non-profit chamber of commerce that provides advisory services, trade intelligence, and trade agreement guidance to Bolivian exporting companies. Its core offerings include consulting on customs regulations, logistics, tariffs, rules of origin, and sanitary regimes, combined with informational products such as real-time international commodity price quotations and comprehensive databases on Bolivia's bilateral and regional trade agreements (MERCOSUR, CAN, ALADI, Mexico, Chile, Cuba).

Product overview

Cadex (Cámara de Exportadores, Logística y Promoción de Inversiones de Santa Cruz) is an exporters' chamber offering a portfolio of services focused on international trade facilitation. The core offering combines informational products (Precios Internacionales for commodity pricing data and Acuerdos/Acuerdos Bilaterales for trade agreement guidance) with advisory services covering customs, logistics, tariffs, and rules of origin. The organization serves as a hub connecting Bolivian exporters with trade intelligence and market access resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precios Internacionales Real-time international commodity price quotations for agricultural products, minerals, hydrocarbons, and other goods traded on international exchanges, with automatic online updates provided through Investing.com data feed integration.
• Trade Advisory Services Consulting and advisory services covering customs regulations, logistics, tariffs, rules of origin, and sanitary regimes for foreign trade operations. Targeted at Bolivian companies seeking to export products internationally.
• Trade Agreements Information (Acuerdos Comerciales) Comprehensive database and guidance on Bolivia's bilateral and regional trade agreements including ACE N° 36 (Bolivia-MERCOSUR), ACE N° 66 (Bolivia-México), ACE N° 22 (Bolivia-Chile), ACE N° 47 (Bolivia-Cuba), ALADI agreements, MERCOSUR integration, and OMC/GATT frameworks.
• Bilateral Trade Agreements (Acuerdos Bilaterales) Detailed information on Bolivia's bilateral partial scope agreements and market access provisions under ALADI, including export value statistics by partner country (MERCOSUR, Mexico, Chile, Cuba).

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Universidad Autónoma Gabriel René Moreno (UAGRM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with Bolivia's leading university to support export development through education, research, and professional development initiatives.
• RatiolegisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLegal partnership providing regulatory and compliance support for exporters navigating customs, tariff, and trade regulations.
• ALADI (Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional integration framework providing Bolivia access to multiple trade preferences through regional and partial scope agreements including AR.AM N° 1, AR.PAR N° 4, and AAP.AG N° 2.
• MERCOSURcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBolivia's incorporation as State Party in 2024 establishes deep integration with Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. ACE N° 36 provides existing trade preferences; full membership requires up to four-year normative integration period.
• Comunidad Andina (CAN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSubregional integration with Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru providing Andean free trade zone with supranational decision-making framework since 1969.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• ProEcuador: Ecuador's export promotion institute offering trade advisory, market intelligence, and exporter support. Directly comparable to Cadex as a CAN-member-country export promotion body with overlapping trade frameworks (CAN, ALADI) and exporter support services.
• ProColombia: Colombia's export promotion agency offering trade advisory, market intelligence, and internationalization services to Colombian exporters. Highly comparable to Cadex in offering mix — advisory services, market research, and trade-agreement guidance — and serves as a CAN-neighbor peer.
• ProChile: Chile's export promotion agency under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Provides Chilean exporters with trade intelligence, market-entry advisory, and trade-agreement utilization support, mirroring Cadex's mission; relevant also because ACE N° 22 (Bolivia-Chile) is one of Cadex's anchor agreements.
• PromPeru (Comisión de Promoción del Perú para la Exportación y el Turismo): Peru's national export and tourism promotion agency. Directly comparable to Cadex in mission (export advisory, trade-intelligence, market-access support for exporters) and structure (public-promotion body serving domestic exporters), though operating at a national-government scale in a more developed export economy.
• Bancomext (Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior): Mexico's foreign trade development bank supporting exporters with financing, trade advisory, and market intelligence. Directly comparable as a trade-facilitation partner for exporters in ACE N° 66 (Bolivia-Mexico), though operating as a state-backed development bank with a broader financial mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Comunidad Andina (CAN): The Andean Community integration body governing Bolivia's subregional trade framework since 1969. Comparable because Cadex's value proposition is partly built on CAN's supranational trade architecture, making CAN both an enabler and a potential competing information source for exporters.
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): Global chamber-of-commerce network with national committees that provide trade facilitation, rules of origin guidance, and Incoterms-related advisory. Comparable to Cadex at the global scale and offers overlapping exporter-facing services in international trade rules.
• ALADI (Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración): The Latin American Integration Association governing Bolivia's regional trade-preference framework. A core upstream partner of Cadex whose published preferences, agreements, and technical documentation underlie much of Cadex's advisory content.

Others

• Cámara de Industria, Comercio, Servicios y Turismo de Santa Cruz (CAINCO): Santa Cruz's principal industry and commerce chamber, operating in the same city as Cadex with overlapping exporter membership. Comparable as a Bolivian private-sector business association providing trade-related services, and a potential collaboration or competitive overlap for Cadex's local exporter base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cadex_org
• Facebookfacebook.com/cadex.scz
• Instagraminstagram.com/cadex_sc
• TikToktiktok.com/@cadex_sc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cadex

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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