The event will be taking place from the 6th to the 8th of August in Honduras with a focus on responsible production with nature, the environment and the social environment.
The fourth conference of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), will be held in the convention center Club Hondureño Árabe in San Pedro Sula. The event has previously been held in countries such as Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador.
In 2012 the country imported $232.5 million worth of fertilizers, a decrease of 6% compared to last year.
CentralAmericaData released its fertilizers imports report for 2012 in Costa Rica. Data includes by CIF totals, Average Weight and Prices, Product Description, Importer, Brands, Countries of Origin, Customs and Import Regimes.
Within this sector, imports of mineral or chemical fertilizers were the only ones that experienced an increase in 2012, up 3% compared to 2011.
From 24 to 27 February 2014 the congress to be held in Costa Rica will bring together leading experts in the banana industry from around the world.
The 2014 edition will address the central theme: "Challenges in Banana Markets" and will include the participation of renowned national and international experts.
The event will be held in the Hotel WYNDHAM Convention Center San Jose Herradura.
The sector, which was ready to export 10,000 tonnes of sugar to the European Union, must wait two more months to do so.
Non-acceptance by dairy farmers in El Salvador and Costa Rica of the geographical indicators for Italian cheeses has caused a delay of at least 60 days of the entry into force of the Association Agreement with the EU.
"We were ready to export, but if there is no treaty we will have to send the sugar to another market at a lower price than would have been paid by the Europe" said Julio Arroyo, CEO of the Sugar Association of El Salvador.
METAGRO is a Guatemalan based manufacturer that provides high end solutions of agricultural transport equipment, we are focused on helping customers be more productive as they help to improve the quality of life for people around the world.
Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama
Phone: (502) 2383 2720 - (502) 5595 9953
Plans are underway in Chicago, USA to open a cargo center for perishable goods which includes flowers, one of the foremost products in the perishable goods category.
From an article by the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):
Market development of floriculture in the U.S. has shifted mainly towards determining the capacity of distribution centers.
At the moment there is no external force driving significant growth in the price of coffee, expectations are between $123 up to December and $130 up to July, 2014.
The impact caused by the rust blight, rain and depreciation of currencies which forced a cut in coffee production worldwide will not be strong enough to push up the price of coffee.
In the case of Brazil, world's largest producer of coffee, weakening of its currency has boosted exports of grain, the Brazilian real experienced a contraction of 9.4% in the second quarter of this year.
Palm oil production will grow by more than 20% during 2013, and entrepreneurs are looking for new markets.
According to Hector Castro, president of the Association of Palm Growers in Honduras, annual production of palm oil is between 11% and 18%.
Castro said that one of the attractive markets for Honduran oil is Venezuela, a country which could receive the oil as part payment for fuel through the Petrocaribe initiative.
The Nicaraguan sugar industry expects that the entry into force of the Association Agreement will allow it export to the EU about 25 thousand tons of raw sugar, from the 60,000 quota for the entire region.
For the moment the quota allocated to country is 21,600 tons per year, with the possibility of growing 550 tons per year, but the sugar industry expects that with the advantage of being one of the first countries to ratify the agreement it will be allowed to increase its quota for the first year of the Association Agreement (AA).
In order to meet internal demand the country needs to purchase 200 thousand tons of black beans, therefore it has temporarily removed import taxes on the grain.
According to the Minister of Agriculture of Brazil, Antonio Andrade, the Government has decided to temporarily remove tariffs applied on the import of the grain, with the goal of guaranteeing supply without pushing prices higher.
The Japanese company UCC Ueshima Coffee Co. paid $5010 per quintal to the San Nicolas farm during the last stage of the Cup of Excellence competition in El Salvador.
"The grain produced in the San Nicholas A farm was the first place winner this year and yesterday it managed to sell to UCC 1800 pounds at a price of $90.180. The average cost of a pound exceeded more than 40 times what it would be on the stock exchange ", reported Elmundo.com.sv.
If Salvadoran Congress has not approved the Association Agreement with the European Union before July 15, the country will lose the benefit of exporting sugar to Europe duty free.
This was stated by the Association of Sugarcane Growers of El Salvador (Procaña), who demanded that the Salvadoran Congress ratify the agreement soon. "Of this amount, El Salvador is entitled to a share of 24,391 tonnes while Guatemala can export 65,000, Nicaragua 21,681, and Honduras and Costa Rica can export 19,464 each," noted an article in Elsalvador.com.
The European Commission has decided to restrict the use of three pesticides used in the growing of plants and cereals, after having verified that they are harmful to bees.
From an article by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):
The European Commission (EC) decided to restrict the use of three neonicotinoid pesticides used in the growing of plants and cereals, after finding that these are harmful to bees.
World production of the tuber has increased by 60 percent since the year 2000.
An agricultural model which respects the environment called "Save and Grow" which is being promoted by the FAO could sustainably increase cassava yields by 400 percent and achieve its transformation from a food for poor people to a XXI century product, said the UN organization today.
The price indicator of the ICO composite fell by 1.4% in April, despite a brief recovery having been observed at mid-month, and recorded the lowest monthly average in three years.
From the monthly report on the coffee market up to April 2013 by the International Coffee Organization:
Price Development
The price of the ICO composite indicator continued to decline in April 2013 and was on average of 129.55 U.S.