Since Chile and Peru do not ship the product at the beginning of each year and that in the highlands of the country there are suitable areas to harvest the fruit, it is possible to take advantage of the commercial opportunities that exist in the foreign market.
Specialists agree that in order to increase the production of this fruit, producers must become more technified, access to credit must be facilitated and marketing policies must be implemented.
Guatemalan producers reported that for the 2018-2019 harvest, exports to these Asian markets gained importance, as Malaysia was sold 103,000 quintals of green coffee and 80,000 to China.
Figures from the National Coffee Association (Anacafe), specify that for the 2018-2019 agricultural cycle the export of coffee was 4.6 million quintals gold and generated a foreign exchange income of $663 million.
250 international buyers are expected to do business with craftsmen and manufacturing companies in the two trade fairs scheduled for September 26 and 27 in Guatemala.
A call has gone out to SMEs from the sectors of food and beverages, hygiene and personal care, home cleaning, plastic products, cosmetics, and other diverse manufacturers to take part in the business conference that will take place on the 26th and 27th of September 2018 in Antigua, Guatemala.
Guatemalan business leaders say that the opportunities for the sector in the future lie in the change in trends in consumption patterns and market demand abroad.
According to representatives from the Guatemalan Chamber of Food and Beverages (CGAB), in the first six months of the year trade in the food sector has grown at a rate of between 10% and 12%, and the industry represents approximately 12% of the country's Gross Domestic Product.
Officials from the Foreign Ministry of the South American country are looking for business and investment opportunities in Guatemala, and are organizing a visit of entrepreneurs for the first half of 2017.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
A delegation, consisting of three specialists from the Department of Foreign Investment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chile, met with 6 companies who are members of AGEXPORT on October 25, 2016.
From 2006 to 2015 sales to Taiwan have grown at an annual rate of 14%, with sugar and coffee at the head followed by paper, cardboard, tobacco, shrimp, lobster, fruit, copper, and other products.
Although in the ten years of the FTA between Guatemala and Taiwan exports to China have not stopped growing, they have always been highly concentrated in commodities such as coffee and sugar, meaning that there is an opportunity to diversify taking into account the consumer tastes and characteristics of the Taiwanese market.
Invitations have been extended to food and beverage companies, handicrafts, textiles, pharmaceuticals and services to participate in the first "Korea Trade" fair, from 21st to 26th of June 2016 in Seoul.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
Agexoport, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Guatemalan Korean Chamber of Commerce and member of the Export Council of Asia, are calling for Guatemalan companies to participate in the first trade mission "Korea Trade" from 21st to 26th of June 2016 in Seoul, South Korea.
The meeting in Guatemala will focus on various manufacturing segments, cosmetics, plastics, wood and food and beverages.
The 8th. edition of MANUFEXPORT Retail Supply will be held from on Septemberg 7th-8th 2016 in Santo Domingo del Cerro, Antigua Guatemala.
From a statement issued by Agexport:
The export manufacturing industry is a highly dynamic and innovative sector and every year implements new strategies and business models to potentiate its exports, which represent 30% of Guatemala's total exports and which generate about 200 thousand jobs. One of the goals set for this year, 2016, is to surpass by 6% the $3.585 million already exported, according to the Bank of Guatemala, from January to November 2015.
Grain exporters are organizing for the end of this year an exploratory mission to Chile to find out about the characteristics of demand and coffee consumption in the South American country.
The main purpose of this visit to Chile is to find out the characteristics of the market and identify possible business opportunities, as explained by representatives of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT), the organizer of the mission.
In the last two years Guatemala has doubled its exports of biscuits, sweets, chewing gum, confectionery, and preparations for soup and drinks going to the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.
In the first half of this year sales by the food industry to Caribbean countries topped $20 billion, $13 billion more than in the same period in 2013.
On 21 and 22 May exporters and buyers from both countries will meet in Salinitas, El Salvador, to explore business opportunities and forge links.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport):
With the aim of bringing together small producers from El Salvador and Guatemala with exporters / buyers from these countries to promote business opportunities and generate business links the El Salvador Agro & Business event will be held on 21 and 22 May at the Convention Center Decameron Salinitas, organized by the Agricultural AGRITRADE AGEXPORT Platform, with support from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
On November 12th the fourth edition of HidroIndustria will be held in which one of the exhibitors will be Germany, seeking new business partners in the country.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (-AGEXPORT-):
For the fourth consecutive year, the Laboratories Commission and the Multisectoral Platform and Commercial Information Promotion of AGEXPORT, will be celebrating on November 12, the Expoconferencias HidroIndustria 2015 event which seeks to publicize new technologies, provide training on the theme of water resources, and report on the commitments made in trade agreements and their impact on the productive sector.
During the AGRITRADE event held in Guatemala there were 1,700 business meetings between international buyers and Central American exporters, with deals $62 million.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport):
In the seventeenth edition of Expo & Conference AGRITRADE, 1,708 appointments were scheduled between international buyers and exporters / producers in Central America.
On July 2 in Guatemala City regional entrepreneurs will be meeting with their Mexican counterparts to explore business opportunities.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (-AGEXPORT-):
In order to support SMEs starting to export or those who have already exported but want to diversify, AGEXPORT, through its Department of Promotion and Trade Information has created the Macro Rueda Central America and Mexico, with the aim of supporting improved competitiveness of SME's and linking them up to natural markets such as Central America and Mexico.
From May 9th to 17th a group of Guatemala export companies will be visiting India to explore business opportunities.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (-AGEXPORT-):
In the last 10 years, exports of Guatemalan products to India have increased by 8 times their value, ie, Guatemala went from selling $2.5 million to $20.5 million.