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At the opening of the Guatemala Investment Summit the country was presented to 259 entrepreneurs from 26 countries as an attractive investment destination.
In addition, another 1,000 people attended the event which organizers say is the largest activity for attracting investment which has been held so far in Central America. "This event is the most important for investment promotion in the region.
They are interested in finding out about the legal certainty offered with Guatemala and incentives that favor businesses who decide to settle in the country.
According to Alex Yang, CEO of the Halo industrial zone, located in Shanghai, they are looking to bring about solid business deals. Yang said that the visit is exploratory and the information collected will be taken back to China to show to interested investors who want to know about Guatemala's incentives for settling there.
In his meeting with the Central American presidents, President Obama could raise the matter of potential investments in the region by specialist U.S. companies in the sector.
In Central America, most of the investments in electricity generation with plants based on renewable resources, so far have been from Europe.
The information was confirmed by Washington's ambassador in San Jose, Anne Andrew.
The International Finance Corporation has shown interest in both funding the bi national project and expanding the Panamanian electricity transmission network.
This was announced by Roberto Albisetti, general manager of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for Central America, who noted that energy demand in Panama and the region will double in the next few years and that interconnection projects are an important step in regional integration .
There will be additional credit lines for investments in areas where the U.S. government assistance program is carried out.
"Currently, there are 67 expressions of interest for investment in projects to be implemented in the coastal zone, and that number could rise to 80, with a new call be undertaken by the Government in the next few days", reports Diariocolatino.com.
ProMéxico is preparing, for sometime in June, a trade mission to Costa Rica and Guatemala for SMEs from the sectors of fresh and processed foods, plastics, and the automotive industry.
According to Edmundo González, coordinator of ProMéxico (organizer of the mission in conjunction with Canacintra), "the range of opportunities in both countries is very wide and interesting for the food sector, both fresh and processed, plastics, automotive and foundry industries, and for this reason we are inviting small and medium enterprises to explore these possibilities. "
In April and May, two Peruvian trade mission will visit Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala in search of business opportunities.
The Exporters Association of Peru (ADEX) has organized two trade missions from companies from various sectors and foreign trade students from Peru.
Gestion.pe reports that "the first exploration mission from the imports and logistics sector will be held from 16th to 20th of April in Panama and aims at learning about the trade and development opportunities in this country which trades with the world more than $18 billion and through which passes 14,000 ships and more than 12 million containers a year. "
Colombian SMEs see an opportunity to position themselves in Central America, alongside the corporations from that country that have already landed in the region.
Examples are Sirius and Cosméticos Bachué, two companies out of the nearly 200 SMEs interested in finding a place for their products in Central America and the Caribbean.
"Alvaro Gomez, director of the trade office Proexport in Costa Rica, said the country needs to double its power generation levels over the next eight years. This opens up great opportunities for electrical companies, like Sirius, in a country which in 2012 exported goods and services worth $274.4 million," noted an article in Elcolombiano.com.
From 5 to 12 April 2013, 40 Dutch entrepreneurs and investors will be exploring investment opportunities in infrastructure, water works and alliances between companies.
Within this mission from the Netherlands are businessmen and bankers from the agribusiness sector, who are seeking opportunities with entrepreneurs from seven municipalities of the country through business conferences.
Recognized Brazilian company of backhoe loaders, telescopic, articulated and other types of cranes looking for companies interested in representing the brand and distributing their machinery in Central America and Mexico. The company manufactures and sells telescopic,...