From July 22nd to 25th, Guatemalan companies focused on mass consumption will meet with Dominican buyers, and will learn about market trends through visits to major supermarkets.
The mission, organized by the Guatemalan exporters' guild, is aimed at national companies focused on mass consumer products, who will have the opportunity to have business appointments with Dominican buyers, hold meetings with institutions in the destination country, and learn about market trends.
From March 7 to 9, a delegation of companies from the industrial and manufacturing sectors of Taiwan will be showcasing their products and holding meetings with local businessmen in Santo Domingo.
"...Taiwanese companies will be showcasing a wide range of products, such as folding solar bicycles, construction materials, hardware, electronic and consumer electrical equipment, security and monitoring systems, molds, parts and accessories for vehicles, footwear and materials, sacks and netting for agribusiness, fire and wastewater pumps, jewelery, electrical materials, aluminum doors and windows, office chairs and parts, PVC soffits, bamboo products, and much more."
From March 20 to 23, a group of Panamanian businessmen will be visiting Santo Domingo to meet with local companies and explore business opportunities.
In this trade mission, it is expected that twenty exporting companies will take part, among them agro-industrial and industrial companies, who will be holding business appointments with important importers from the Dominican Republic.
On April 27th and 28th Mexican businessmen will be visiting the country to explore business and investment opportunities in textiles, food, construction and infrastructure and services.
The business meetings will be held at the Chamber of Commerce of Santiago and the Institute of Foreign Trade and Business Innovation. The meetings will be attended by the Industrial Association of the Northern Region (Airen), ProMéxico, Comce from Mexico, the Dominican Chamber of Commerce and the Center for Export and Investment.
From May 7th to 9th in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, local producers and exporters will be meeting with companies and international buyers to explore business opportunities.
From a statement issued by from the Dominican Agribusiness Board:
The Dominican Agribusiness Board (JAD) and the Center for Export and Investment of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD), with support from various public and private institutions, has unveiled the details of the fifth edition of the International Food, Tobacco and Beverages Fair: Agrifood 2015, to be held from 7 to 9 May at the Convention Center of the Dominican Fiesta Hotel in Santo Domingo.
A convention on the rice market and related technology will be held with companies in Central America and other regions from 27 to 29 May.
105 companies, from Latin America, the U.S., Canada, Europe and Africa are already registered for the event and it is expected that eventually there will be 600 members of the global rice industry taking part in the activity.
On May 7th-8th Colombian exporters of building materials and finishings will meet with companies in the region in Panama City.
The Foreign Trade Promotion Office of Colombia is organizing the V Business Roundtable on building materials and finishes, to be held in Panama City in the Ancon Salon of the Sheraton Hotel .
International bureaucrats are touring Central America offering up the ALADI as a means of doing business with South American countries, while the president of Argentina is preventing firms in her country from using ports in Uruguay.
Editorial
Our comments are the same as they were one year ago when Uruguayan diplomats toured the area in order to promote a free trade agreement with Mercosur; in terms of trade integration, South America is a bag of cats where what prevails is the will of two giants, Brazil and Argentina, with the aggravating circumstance that the current government of President Fernández de Kirchner, in the exact same manner as his deceased predecessor Néstor Kirchner, manages and controls Argentinian international trade by pandering to the needs of immediate populist policies, regardless of the agreements they have signed.
"The Food and Drink Trade Show 2014" will be held from May 19 to 21 in San Salvador and will bring together international buyers with companies in the region.
From a statement issued by the Restaurant Association of El Salvador (ARES):
ARES presents the first annual exhibition that brings together suppliers, distributors and importers to showcase their products and services for the food industry, and related hospitality services in the region.
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.