Innovating and developing affordable products that meet the diverse nutritional needs of the Central American market is the main challenge facing the regional industry.
The discussion of interest topics of the food and beverage industry takes place within the framework of the first Food and Beverage Industry Forum, which was held in Guatemala and was named "Challenges of the regional agenda."
Costa Rican entrepreneurs are concerned about the impact of the crisis in the neighboring country on food exports, which between 2015 and 2017 grew at an average annual rate of 4%.
According to figures from the Promotora del Comercio Exterior (Procomer), last year Costa Rica's food industry exports amounted to $1.618 billion, which is equivalent to an increase of 4.7% compared to the amount reported in 2016.
The Costa Rican customs office at Penas Blancas, on the border with Nicaragua, is going through social and commercial chaos pending reforms in infrastructure and procedures.
Delays in the passage of trucks carrying goods are causing major losses to exporters, although business chambers have not conducted any specific studies, said Mario Montero, executive vice president of the Costa Rican Chamber of the Food Industry (Cacia).
Consumers are increasingly looking for food products that reflect their personality and lifestyle.
Food, far more than a simple human need for survival, has become a true reflection of modernity. Consumers purchase a product, not just to stave off hunger, but to fit their particular nutritional, health and esthetic needs and even reflect their commitment to the environment.
Consumers are increasingly looking for food products that reflect their personality and lifestyle.
Food, far more than a simple human need for survival, has become a true reflection of modernity. Consumers purchase a product, not just to stave off hunger, but to fit their particular nutritional, health and esthetic needs and even reflect their commitment to the environment.
Other projects such as candy, pastas and sausages were also left out of the agreement.
On the plus side, smashed banana, orange and pineapple juice, tuna and palm hearth, among others, are products that will be able to enter the EU with zero tariffs.
“Mario Montero, executive director of the Food Industry Chamber, explained that the general situation is positive”, published Elfinancierocr.com.