From January to September 2019, Central American companies imported $319 million in fridges and freezers, and imports from Guatemalan companies increased 27% over the same period in 2018.
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In the first three months of the year, Central American countries imported $92 million worth of refrigerators and freezers, and 45% was purchased by companies in Guatemala and Costa Rica.
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XAGRO has been appointed the authorized distributor of DeltaTrak's temperature recorders for Central America.
With new regulations for exports of refrigerated and frozen products it is critical and required that you monitor and record temperatures throughout the cold chain. Not only does this protect exporters against defective refrigeration equipment, but it provides proof to your buyers that the product has not been subjected to abusive temperatures.
In the first semester of 2017, countries in the region bought $67 million worth of refrigerators and freezers from Mexico, and 56% was imported from Guatemala and Costa Rica.
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Between January and June 2017, the region imported $219 million in refrigerators and freezers, 2% more than what was purchased in the same period in 2016.
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In 2016, Central American countries imported $33 million worth of refrigerators and freezers from the Colombian market, 72% more than in 2015.
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Organization that operates in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Dominican Republic.
Phone: (507) 398 4058 - (507) 6550 2870
There are no situations where there is room for improvisation and, although the limits vary in flexibility, logistics applied to cold chains leave no room for error.
The complexity of cold chain logistics
It's not news that one of the determining factors in logistical planning is based on the profile of the goods: dangerous, general or perishable.
The infrastructure that has been installed ensures that agricultural products are processed competitively and with high levels of quality in regard to their preservation.
Vice Minister of Foreign Trade of Panama, Jose Pacheco, stressed during his visit to facilities of the company Galores, who specializes in cold storage, that multinational corporations see Panama as the best option in terms of logistics because of the Panama Canal, the Hub of the Americas and port facilities. "
Guidelines have been released for the proper treatment of frozen products at all stages of the logistics chain.
From the publication "Recommendations for Logistics Frozen Products, Frozen and Ice Cream, AECOC"
Technical as well as sanitary controls for food and food products that typically require freezing temperatures for preservation and alteration must be extended to the operations of the entire supply chain so that from the origin to the final time of consumption the product keeps its inherent qualities.
A cold chain must ensure that vaccines, from the manufacturing process through to patient immunization, are maintained at the required temperatures.
From the 52nd edition of ACAIRE Journal by the Colombian
Association of Air and Refrigeration:
Vaccines are highly sensitive biological substances, whose condition and effectiveness become compromised over time and they are especially affected by exposure to heat (in some cases, at low temperatures), sunlight and fluorescent lights.
Taiwan will develop in Nicaragua a cold storage system with an investment of $5 million, for storing genetic seeds, dairy products, fruits and vegetables.
The executive director of the Institute of Rural Development, IDR, Peter Haslam, revealed that the cold storage system, to be built by Taiwan, will be able to collect 520,000 pounds of milk,156,000 quintals of fruits and vegetables a year and an unspecified number of biotech crops.
An industrial facility dedicated to cold storage of food products.
More precisely, we define a Refrigerated Warehouse as an industrial complex comprising premises, facilities and equipment permanently or temporarily dedicated to storing refrigerated food and may constitute in itself an autonomous refrigeration industry, be annexed to another larger center or have annexs to its activity.
The Ransa company with an investment of $3 million, has opened its first refrigerated distribution center.
After six years of operation in the country, the company has ventured into the area of refrigerated logistics, said Emilio Fantozzi, general manager of Ransa.
"This new logistics management will allow the company to enter a high demand market and address the existing logistics services for perishable foods.
The country's Ministry of Defense needs cold storage rooms to be provided.
The company that is awarded this contract will carry out the electrical and mechanical work as well as supply the materials, labor, tools, equipment and technical supervision necessary to ensure the completed cold room facility is fully functioning.
The deadline for proposals to be received is May 18, 2011.