El Salvador Withdraws Customs from HondurasThursday, February 10, 2011 El Salvador left the unified customs office it shared with Honduras in Puerto Cortes, in order to move to Guatemala. According to information made public in a radio station, the move was done last January. Negotiation Without Honduras to be Decided by EUMonday, August 31, 2009 The European Union will study tomorrow if they resume trade negotiations with Central America without Honduras. The topic will be analyzed in the Latin America Committee of the European Council (COLAT). Salvadoran Molinos Invests $ 20 Million in HondurasMonday, October 18, 2010 Molinos, from El Salvador, announced the construction of a wheat production plant. Salvadoran Ambassador in Honduras, Carlos de Jesus Pozo, announced the company has already acquired land in Tegucigalpa for construction of the plant. New Joint Purchase of MedicinesTuesday, May 15, 2012 The Central American countries will be planning another annual purchase, this time of 78 drugs. In 2012, the Ministry of Health of Honduras and counterparts from Central American plan to buy 78 types of drugs. Honduran Dairy Products Entering El Salvador As UsualMonday, March 1, 2010 Dairy producers from Honduras have resumed their exports to El Salvador, after an agreement was struck between both countries. Jacobo Regalado, head of the Honduran Agriculture Ministry, reported they have already shipped three containers with cream and crafts. Nicaragua Abandons Negotiations with EuropeWednesday, April 1, 2009 The cause was the rejection of the Nicaraguan demand for 60 billion Euros in cooperation for the region by European negotiators. While the news has not been officially confirmed, the Nicaraguan negotiators have already withdrawn from the Intercontinental Hotel, the venue of the talks. How the process will continue is also not known since Europe has insisted from the outset on the need to negotiate as a bloc. 80% of the transit of merchandise in the region expeditedFriday, January 9, 2009 The program which has been in place since last July seeks to provide facilities to exporters and importers at Customs offices in the region. Elheraldo.hn reports "that it is now in place at Customs at El Amatillo (Honduras and El Salvador) and Guasaule (Honduras and Nicaragua), where the results, according to Alvaro Sarmiento, coordinator of the Sieca Customs and Border Crossing Management project, have been satisfactory in speeding up the shipment of merchandise. 18% Increase in Exports of Latin American CoffeeFriday, June 24, 2011 The combined exports of the 9 Latin American countries have increased by 18.5% in the first eight months of the current crop. Sales in all nine countries (Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Peru and The Dominican Republic) totaled 10.4 million 60 kilo bags, compared to 8.7 million in the same period of the previous crop. Central America Allocates Sugar QuotasThursday, July 29, 2010 On Friday 30 July the region will share out the 150,000 ton tariff-free sugar quota granted by the EU. The meeting will take place in Managua, Nicaragua. Terra Group Seeks to Expand throughout Central AmericaThursday, August 26, 2010 The Honduran corporation, which specializes in energy and infrastructure projects, feels its development has slowed within its own country. Terra directors' sights are now set on clean and renewable energy projects in Costa Rica and Panama, having already completed and inaugurated its Guatemalan hydroelectric project at Xacbal. How to Promote Your Company in TaiwanFriday, March 6, 2015 The Commercial Office of Central America CATO has a website where Central American companies can promote their products to export to the Asian island. With the aim of promoting Central American SMEs and boosting Taiwanese investment, the Commercial Office of Central America together with the Embassy of Honduras in Taiwan has inaugurated the website www.cato.com.tw , which allows entrepreneurs in the region to showcase their products in the Taiwanese market. Prices of Red beans in Central AmericaThursday, July 24, 2014 Costa Rica and Honduras are the countries with the highest rates as of July 27th, 2014 for red beans, costing $2,133 and $1,695 a metric ton, respectively. The shortage of beans has raised prices across the region and all countries have been forced to authorize emergency imports in order to supply markets. Fee for Fumigation at Honduras - El Salvador BorderThursday, October 23, 2014 The government of Honduras has announced that it will continue spraying trucks from El Salvador, due to the presence of a pest, but without charging the fee of $10 as it has so far done. Fumigation of all trucks leaving the Salvadoran borders is essential since the presence of the pink hibiscus mealybug pest was detected in some shipments in recent weeks. Central America Allocates Sugar QuotasWednesday, August 18, 2010 The region has defined the allocation of 150,000 tons of tariff-free sugar quotas granted by the EU. The largest allocation went to Guatemala with 65,000 metric tons, followed by El Salvador with 24,391 tons, Nicaragua with 21,681 tons, Honduras and Costa Rica with 19,464 tons each. |
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