From January to September 2020, Central American countries imported $211 million for confectionery, chocolates and other cocoa-based preparations, an amount that is 17% lower than what was reported during the same period in 2019.
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On April 26, Brazil will reactivate again on the agenda of the World Trade Organization, the complaint against Costa Rica for the imposition of a safeguard to increase the tariff on sugar.
Some of the technological tools that will be used in the coming years to increase agricultural productivity include the use of devices connected to the Internet that can create self-regulating microclimates in greenhouses and crop monitoring through aerial images.
Business Intelligence solutions used by agricultural companies have the ability to transform maps and images into structured data that can be used for decision making.
As a result of the pandemic, the consumer habits of Costa Ricans changed, a phenomenon that was evidenced in the forms of consumption of ice cream, which is now more frequently consumed in homes.
In the new commercial reality, the consumption of individual ice creams was considerably reduced and in the case of multipacks, sales increased. This change is due to the fact that nowadays people spend more time in their homes and prefer to consume this type of products at home.
After wheat imports from Russia were resumed, the price per quintal of flour produced with raw material brought from the European country will be $25.7, which is less than the amount quoted weeks ago.
Due to the shortage of raw material, the cost of bread production has been increasing considerably since last year. According to local businessmen, there was a delay in the importation of wheat from Russia, whose product is brought by the Nicaraguan Company of Imports and Exports (Enimex).
The Ministry of Public Security tenders the supply of prepared food to provide food to police units on duty, in asylum for having tested positive to Covid-19, Police Officers School and Operational Needs for a period of 12 months.
Panama Government Purchase 2021-0-18-01-99-LP-052552:
"The execution of the service will be through partial deliveries by the institution.
From January to September 2020, Central American countries imported $360 million for animal feed preparations, 9% more than what was reported in the same period of 2019, a rise that is largely explained by the behavior of purchases from the U.S. and Mexico.
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From January to September 2020 Central America allocated $298 million to rice imports, and purchases from Brazil increased 808% compared to what was reported in the same period of 2019.
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The Dominican Republic's National Student Welfare Institute bids for the supply of school lunch food rations and their distribution in public schools during the 2021-2022 school term.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase INABIE-CCC-LPN-2021-0009:
"The purpose of this call is the Supply of Food Rations of the School Lunch and its Distribution in Public Educational Centers during the 2021-2022 school period, carried out by the National Institute of Student Welfare, Ministry of Education, Extended School Day Modality, aimed at Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that present kitchens installed in the National Territory.
From January to September 2020 exports from Central America of palm oil and its fractions totaled $648 million, an amount that exceeds by 12% what was reported in the same period of 2019.
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Because in this context of health crisis consumers take more care of their food, companies in the Costa Rican market dedicated to the production and marketing of organic food have managed to take advantage of the business opportunities that have arisen.
Analyses carried out at a global level, agree that driven by the search for benefits for their health and immune system, in the current context of changing habits, consumers are beginning to prefer fresh foods more than packaged or processed ones.
Despite the complications that affected international trade due to the covid-19 outbreak, in Costa Rica in 2020, imports of grapes and oranges increased, a rise that is explained by the preference of consumers for fruits containing vitamin C.
The Foreign Trade Report of the Agricultural Sector 2019-2020, prepared by the Executive Secretariat of Agricultural Sector Planning (SEPSA), details that last year imports of fresh oranges in the country amounted to $14.8 million, 38% more than what was reported in 2019.
From January to September 2020, companies in the region bought corn abroad for $753 million, 10% more than what was reported in the same period of 2019, a variation that is explained by the rise in imports from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama.
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From January to September 2020, Central American vegetable exports totaled $229 million, 44% more than what was reported in the same period of 2019, an increase that is largely explained by the behavior of sales to U.S. companies.
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The Dominican Republic's National Institute of Student Welfare is bidding for the supply and distribution of fortified prepared dairy product, food to be provided during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Dominican Republic Government Purchase INABIE-CCC-LPN-2021-0008:
"The goods to be supplied by the bidders are Products: