The National Institute of Electrification tenders the supply of ropes for use in the maintenance of substations and transmission lines of the Eastern System.
Guatemala Government Purchase 9892990:
"Lines to be tendered:
Line 1 1/2" Polypropylene Rope
Line 2 5/8" Polypropylene Rope
Line 3 3/4" Polypropylene Rope
The supplier must guarantee that the supply is completely new, of good quality and that the factory that manufactures them has valid ISO 9001 Quality Certificates.
Because of increases in purchases from companies in Mexico, China and Taiwan between the first half of 2017 and the same period in 2018, imports of plastic and its manufactures in the region up 6%.
Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Last year, mineral fuels, plastic articles and food led the commercial exchange between Peruvian and Central American companies.
Figures from the Central American-Peru Trade Information System complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Plastic articles, pharmaceutical products and food preparations last year led the commercial exchange between companies from the Caribbean nation and Central American countries.
Figures from the information system of Commerce between Central America and the Dominican Republic, compiled by the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Producing articles with avocado and corn seed resin, and products with additives that allow the decomposition of plastic in less time, are some of the strategies proposed by the sector to overcome the obstacles faced in the region.
As in the rest of the world, there have been several attempts in Central America to ban the use of some plastic products.
Fuels, plastic goods and pharmaceutical products led last year's imports made by Central American companies in the South American nation.
Figures from the information system of Commerce between Central America and Colombia, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData:[GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
During the first six months of 2018, Central American countries imported $189 million in plastic pipe and fittings, 4% more than reported in the same quarter of 2017.
Figures from the information system of the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Market in Central America, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
The proposed law presented in the Legislative Assembly establishes a period of one year for companies to replace the use of plastic bags with articles of other materials.
The proposal to replace in the country the use of plastic bags made of polyethylene or conventional plastic with articles made of other materials, was presented by Representative Milena Mayorga from the party Arena.
In the first quarter of the year the Central American country imported $20 million worth of plastic and its manufactures from Mexico, 26% more than in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Market for Plastic and its Manufactures in El Salvador, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
During the first three months of 2018, Central American countries imported $95 million worth of plastic tubing and accessories, 8% more than was reported in the same quarter of 2017.
Figures from the Information System on the Market for Plastic Pipes and Accessories in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The Ministry of Public Health in Guatemala is putting out to tender a supply of plastic bags for the handling of bio infectious materials of caliber 4 and 6, for use by the Roosevelt hospital.
Guatemala Government Purchase 7580630:
"The following products are required:
-196,200 red plastic bags 30 '' x 36 '' caliber 6, with bioinfection logo.
In 2017, Central American countries imported $366 million worth of plastic pipes and accessories, 11% more than what was reported in 2016.
Figures from the Information System on the Market for Plastic Pipes and Accessories in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Despite efforts by the new owners to keep the company afloat, the Yanber Corporation has decided to stop operations at the flexible packaging factory in Costa Rica.
Last year, the region bought $3.874 million worth of plastic and manufactured goods from abroad, 6% more than in 2016, and 35% of imports came from the United States.
Figures from the information system on theMarket for Plastic and its Manufactures in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The Salvadoran IPSA, manufacturer of plastic films and packaging, expects to close this year with a 10% growth in sales, and by 2021 it expects to export 45% of total production.
Despite the fact that El Salvador's overall economic performance has not been the best, representatives of the plastic products manufacturing company expect better results this year than in 2017 and previous years. Its general manager, Mariano Pitta, told Elsalvador.com:"...We see that the year has begun with greater positivism."
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