Mangosteen, pitahaya, guanabana, passion fruit, uchuva, ipecacuana, pejibaye and carambola are some of the agricultural products with potential to export to markets such as Europe and America.
From a report by Procomer of Costa Rica entitled "Opportunities for commercialization of incipient agricultural products":
PROCOMER has carried out an analysis of agricultural products that have possibilities for production and expansion at the national and international level, but whose exports are few or none at all.Through the support of PROCOMER's Trade Promotion Offices, state agencies and research centers, 8 products with the highest potential for international marketing were selected: Mangosteen, pitahaya, guanabana, passion fruit, uchuva, ipecac, pejibaye and carambola.
New consumption habits in developed markets are creating new opportunities for fruits such as mangosteen, dragon fruit, soursop, passion fruit, gooseberry, ipecac, pejibaye and starfruit.
From a report by PROCOMER, Costa Rica entitled "Emerging opportunities in sales of agricultural products"
Tariff preferences were negotiated in non-traditional products in sectors related to metalworking, appliances, construction, wood, plastics and agribusiness.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Ecuador:
The deputy minister of Foreign Trade, Alejandro Dávalos, opened the Second Round of Trade Negotiations with Honduras for the signing of a Partial Agreement of Economic Complementation.
Exporters of farmed shrimp, tilapia, melons, Asian vegetables, pineapple, grapefruit, banana and cocoa are negotiating the entry of products into the European market.
The United States is the main market due to its proximity, but with new technologies for food preservation, lengthening their lifespans by up to four weeks, it is expected that more distant markets will be reached.
An increase of 24 cents per box for freight expenses has sent costs for shrimp producers in Honduras soaring.
An increase of 24 cents per kilometer for each box transported, approved by a legislative decree recently, will seriously impact the competitiveness of Honduran shrimp producers with respect to other regional countries, signaled
employers in the sector.
In the first five months of the year, Honduran exports of non-traditional products totaled $575 million.
According to the Honduran Central Bank's Foreign Trade Report, sales of non-traditional products totaled $1.27 billion in the period.
The general manager of the country's Federation of Agricultural Exporters (FPX) told Laprensa.hn that, "it's good news because it's important for Honduras to export more non-traditional products than coffee and bananas since prices of these fluctuate and non-traditional industries have historically had a buffering effect. However it is hoped that these products can increasingly take a more central role".
Honduras exported $2.32 billion in 2009; 55.7% corresponded to non traditional exports.
According to data from the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH), the remaining $1.29 billion correspond to products classified as 'traditional' (coffee and banana, for example).
"The drop recorded in coffee, banana, wood, lobsters, zinc, silver and lead was compensated with increases in gold, cultivated shrimp, melons and cigarettes", reported Laprensa.hn.