The Guatemalan Exports Association is organizing a course to show in detail how to meet the requirements for exporting under the terms of the FTA.
In order to find out in detail the procedures for successfully gaining a certificate of origin from major FTAs and avoid problems in customs operations, the School of Foreign Trade at AGEXPORT, will hold on March 31, 2014 a course entitled: "Certificates of Origin under the main commercial treaties signed by Guatemala Export / Import".
Private entrepreneurs and economic analysts say that countries in the region are still working in isolation, despite trade agreements.
"Every country does its own thing in order to grow, but we must begin to see ourselves as a unified block because we do not have the ability to compete alone. We must unite regionally" said the manager of the economic section of the Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Fusades), Álvaro Trigueros.
CEOs and senior executives have pledged to expand trade and investment in view of the global economic slowdown.
Central America and the Caribbean together represent a market of approximately 56 million people. According to the Secretary General Albert Ramdin, it is time to exploit all business opportunities and implement specific initiatives to expand trade and investment between both regions.