Between October 28th and 30th, Guatemala City will host a meeting between businessmen from various productive sectors in Spain and representatives from Central American companies.
This multilateral meeting aims to find business opportunities in the energy industry, transport, water and real estate development, among others.
This week a Japanese trade mission will arrive in the country looking for business opportunities in the alternative energy sector.
From a press release published in Diario de Central America:
In order to conduct business meetings with officials from the Ministries of Economy and Energy and Mines, this week will see the arrival of a delegation from Japan, which is interested in investing in alternative energy, said Byron Escobedo the Guatemalan ambassador in the Asian nation.
On 25 and 26 July 150 regional suppliers to the food sector will present their products to more than 50 buyers from North America, Europe and Asia.
From a statement by the Inter-American Development Bank:
LAC Flavors 2013: a Business Conference, to be held in Granada, Nicaragua, on the 25th and 26th July 2013, is being organized by the Official Agency for Investment Promotion and Export (PRONicaragua), the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP) of Nicaragua and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) via the Trade and Investment Unit (TIU) of the Integration and Trade Sector (INT) and the Department of Central America (CID) Mexico, Panama and the Dominican Republic, through its Mesoamerica Project.
On 26th and 27th of November 500 Chinese businessmen will take part in business meetings with 300 representatives from Latin American companies seeking to generate new business.
According to Anabel Gonzalez, Minister of Foreign Trade, they expect the involvement of 300 employers in the region and they have been organizing business meetings for the summit in the form of plenary sessions, parallel meetings and roundtable discussions at high-level .
From 5 to 9 October 18 companies from the food and drinks export sector of Guatemala will be taking part in Anuga to be held in Germany.
From a press release from the Government of Guatemala:
Guatemalan business from the food and beverage export sector will be taking part in Anuga, the largest trade fair worldwide in this field and which will run from 5 to 9 October in Cologne, Germany.
In Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador large scale traders and exporters are leveraging the ability of small farmers assuring them market space.
For example, in Nicaragua, 228 dairy producers who are members of the Cooperative 'Cooperativa de Productores de Leche El Triunfo RL ' (Cooproleche) are no longer exposed to having to sell their product at any price .
The National Franchise Centre will promote new businesses and advise international franchises on how to set up in Costa Rica.
According to Karol Fallas, coordinator of the franchise process at the Chamber of Commerce, the National Center's goal is give continuity to the Franchising project currently being developed with funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and which ends this year.
The government has announced a package of 30 pro-competitive reforms implemented in the last year with the aim of improving the ease of doing business in the country.
A statement by the Presidency of Panama reads:
Government implements package of 30 reforms to improve the ease of doing business in Panama
• This effort is measured in a World Bank report to be issued in October
More than 130 Mesoamerican companies in the food sector offered their products to more than 40 buyers from Japan, China, South Korea, the United States, Canada and Latin America.
Among the activities at Manufexport 2012, was the fourth edition of LAC Flavors in Antigua, Guatemala, held from 11 to 13 July.
According to a statement from the Inter-American Development Bank, “The event, organized by the IDB and the Government of Guatemala, will bring together SMEs selected for their export capacity, quality certifications, and fair trade practices. The companies take part in more than 1,200 appointments through a new system of matchmaking: IDB experts study the characteristics of each exporter in order to make various appointments with the buyers that represent the best choice of partner.