Venezuela has lost much of its appeal for Colombian entrepreneurs, who are looking at Central America as a market for products which used to be sold to its border neighbor.
Colombian exporters have decided to diversify their markets in light of the difficulties encountered in Venezuela and are conducting business meetings in countries such as Guatemala in order to trade products such as clay bricks, tiles, apparel, footwear, leather and others things.
From 18th to 20th of June, the mission "Business Opportunities Costa Rica- Colombia: Free Trade, investment and green business", will be in search of new business deals and will promote the country's export supply.
In the first trade mission of this type, organized by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer) the companies taking part include: RainForest Water, Sweet Well, Orgánicos Ecogreen, Alimentos Kamuk, Cafe Britt, Manza-Tea, Bufete Arias & Muñoz, Ampo and MicroTechnologies.
71 steps for the establishment of foreign companies in the Asian nation have been eliminated, while another 20 have been delegated to the central government.
The State Council (government) of China has announced that it will simplify administrative procedures, among which is the reduction of paperwork for foreign businessmen to set up their companies in the country.
An Environmental Business Management Unit is to be created in order to promote the environmental competitiveness of the export sector.
From a note by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT):
AGEXPORT is in the process of creating the Corporate Environmental Management Unit, which will operate under the Development Division, in order to promote systematic and continuous environmental competitiveness of the export sector of Guatemala, through responsible environmental practices.
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. "
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,...