Pursuant to Article 7.d.1 of Act No. 19.886, “agile procurement” constitutes a procedure through which State bodies may procure goods and/or services for an amount equal to or not exceeding 100 monthly tax units (approx. USD 7.700), following a request for at least three quotations. This form of procurement must be undertaken with small‑scale enterprises and local suppliers. Art. 56 further provides that only where the requesting public body has not received any quotation from a small‑scale enterprise or a local supplier may it select a provider that does not possess those characteristics.
In addition, pursuant to Art. 61, where tenders involve an amount below 500 monthly tax units (approx. USD 38.500), municipalities, regional governments, and territorially decentralised public bodies may establish evaluation criteria that confer priority or preference upon local suppliers situated within the relevant geographical area. Such scores or weightings may not, under any circumstances, be the sole factors considered in determining the award of the most advantageous bid.

Chile is not a party to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). However, the country has been an observer of the WTO GPA since 1997.

Act No. 20.848 sets forth that foreign investors shall be treated in the same manner as local investors. Consequently, it is forbidden to discriminate against a foreign investor or a company that is majority- or minority-owned by these types of investors. Art. 9 states that foreign investors are subject to the same legal regime as national investors without arbitrary discrimination.

Under Art. 5 of the Fintech Law, the entry into the Financial Market Commission (CMF) Register of Financial Service Providers is a prerequisite for the provision of technology-based financial services, including (a) crowdfunding platforms, (b) the operation of alternative trading systems, (c) credit and investment advice, (d) custody of financial instruments and (e) order routing and financial instrument intermediation. International businesses providing these services must be domiciled in Chile. Art. 5 mentions some entities exempt from this requirement.

Art. 2 of the Industrial Property Act states that natural or legal persons residing abroad must designate a proxy or representative in Chile to file a patent application. A patent must be registered with the National Institute for Industrial Property (INAPI). An application should be filed before the invention is disclosed to the public. A prior foreign application can be invoked in Chile within a certain period of time. The patent must fulfil three main requirements: novelty, level of invention, and industrial application.

According to Arts. 14-15 of the Supreme Decree 1391, a homologation process is needed for telecom products, which requires an administrative resolution by the "Autoridad de Regulación y Fiscalización de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes" (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Transportation, ATT). Moreover, Art. 16 states that the importation of telecom equipment and antennas used for satellite reception requires prior authorisation from the ATT. It is reported that the products that require approval include: modems, wireless telephones, transceiver terminals, equipment for television broadcasting, equipment for sound broadcasting, equipment for Earth stations, power amplifiers for radio frequency, transceivers and transmitters switching stations, equipment for data networks, multiplexers, and optical line terminal equipment.
Art. 14 of the "Guidelines for the Registration and Approval of Telecommunications and ICT Equipment" stipulates that, for the homologation of any telecommunications or ICT device, terminal or equipment, the applicant must submit to the ATT, among other requirements, the following documents: a certificate of conformity for the equipment subject to homologation, issued by an international body recognised by the ATT, and laboratory test reports relating to the equipment to be approved.

According to Art. 195 of the Supreme Decree No. 25870, the de minimis threshold, that is the minimum value of goods below which customs do not charge duties, is USD 100, below the 200 USD threshold recommended by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). This regime only applies to shipments imported through the "Empresa de Correos de Bolivia" (ECOBOL), the designated postal operator. Parcel post and express shipments may be imported through ECOBOL, free of customs duties. These shipments are defined as those containing goods that are not sent by commercial companies, whose importation is neither prohibited nor subject to prior authorisation, and which meet the specified value threshold.

Bolivia lacks a framework for consumer protection applicable to online commerce.

Bolivia has not signed the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.

Bolivia has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Bolivia has not adopted national legislation based on or influenced by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Electronic Signatures.

It is reported that a basic legal framework on intermediary liability beyond copyright infringement is absent in Bolivia's law and jurisprudence.

Art. 5 of Supreme Decree No. 353 provides that owners of mobile terminal equipment, as well as account holders, must register in the Registers referred to in Art. 4 either by electronic means (including websites, SMS, email, and similar channels) or by appearing in person at the offices of their service provider, and that where registration is carried out electronically, information relating to personal identity shall be verified against other public registers; Art. 4 further provides that these Registers shall contain, in the case of the Register of Ownership of Mobile Terminal Equipment, the name of the owner, the number of the personal identification document, and the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) code or its equivalent, and, in the case of the Nominal Register of Account Holders, the name of the account holder, the number of the personal identification document, and the telephone number.

The General Telecommunications, Information and Communication Technologies Law regulates the telecom sector's licensing regime.
It is reported that, in 2024, the Bolivian Government refused to grant SpaceX, the owner of the Starlink satellite network, a licence to operate in the country on the grounds of data protection and national sovereignty. On 22 December 2025, however, the Government issued Supreme Decree No. 5509, which authorises global satellite internet providers such as Starlink and Kuiper to offer nationwide connectivity, and its sole article specifies that the implementation of telecommunications services through low‑Earth‑orbit satellites is permitted within Bolivian territory.