Exporters can find documents such as daily checking and re-entry, affidavits, bond insurance, exporter update codes, among others.
From a press release issued by the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT):
With the aim of providing a query tool which facilitates obtaining documents required by exporters the VUPE-OPA Virtual Library, also known as e-Docs has been implemented.
Exports did not grow during 2012, and the industry is appealing to Congress to ratify various pending trade agreements.
"It is important to speed up in Congress the ratification of trade agreements", said the president of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport), Francisco Menendez.
According to an article published in Prensalibre.com, 2012 did not see good figures for sales abroad, reporting $10.36 billion for the year just ended, which is 1% less than the achievements of 2011 which reported $10.46 billion.
More than 4,000 documents related to foreign trade, competitiveness, economic development, production, international economics and international law will be available.
The Virtual and Physical Library of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT), is open to all its members and the general public, making it possible for all materials and digital content which is available in physical format to be consulted via Internet (available only as Infoexport query).
Representatives of public and private sectors in Guatemala are demanding the creation of a single process for import procedures, similar to that for exports.
Siglo21.com.gt notes that since in the country the “Ventanilla Unica” (single counter), also known as (VUPE) only works for exports, the director of Exporter Services, of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport), Fernando Herrera, said there is a need to "create an Import Counter".
Between 22 and 29 of October Guatemalan businessmen will be exploring business opportunities in various sectors of the Italian economy.
During the trade mission, organized by the Italian-Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Agexport, deals are expected to be struck worth around $1 million.
Siglo21.com.quoted the director of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport), Luis Godoy, who said, "Italy has been an accessible business partner to Guatemala for several years, giving us the opportunity to export products such as coffee, drinks and spirits, bananas, apparel, wood products and natural rubber. "
As part of its plans to increase exports to $13 billion a year, the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) is encouraging entrepreneurs to pursue opportunities in Asia.
The Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) announced that by 2012 it expects to have reached a total of U.S. $13 billion in exported goods and services, about $2.6 billion more than in 2011, announced Francisco Menendez, the organization's president.
The old continent has become an important destination for Guatemalan exports.
The fairs organized by European countries and trade missions by Guatemalan businessmen, together with the government, are two of the reasons for the increase in exports to countries like Germany, Italy and Belgium, among others.
In addition, the economic crisis affecting the United States, historically the main destination for sales abroad, has forced them to look for new markets for Guatemalan products.
The Guatemalan Exporters Association presented its 2011 agenda, which includes 36 trade promotion events.
The first will be the agricultural show “Agritrade” on March 17th and 18th, followed by its textile equivalent, the Apparel Sourcing Show, on March 22nd to 24th.
Expomueble Centroamérica will take place on September 21, together with arts and crafts expo “New World Crafts”.