Last year, mineral fuels, plastic articles and food led the commercial exchange between Peruvian and Central American companies.
Figures from the Central American-Peru Trade Information System complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with the graph"]
Plastic articles, pharmaceutical products and food preparations last year led the commercial exchange between companies from the Caribbean nation and Central American countries.
Figures from the information system of Commerce between Central America and the Dominican Republic, compiled by the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Between January and September 2018, imports of pharmaceutical products by Central American countries from Mexico totaled $231 million, 9% more than in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system "Commerce between Central America and Mexico", from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Fuels, plastic goods and pharmaceutical products led last year's imports made by Central American companies in the South American nation.
Figures from the information system of Commerce between Central America and Colombia, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData:[GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Aceti Oxígeno, Infra de Honduras, Praxair and Oxi-Rent are some of the companies supplying medical oxygen and its equipment to public health institutions in the region.
Figures from the information system "Public Purchases in the Health Sector", developed by the Trade Intelligence area of CentralAmericaData, lists the companies that have been favored with contracts to provide pharmaceutical products and medical supplies, in tenders published between July 2017 and June 2018, by the different Ministries of Health and Social Security of Central American countries.
In Costa Rica, authorities announced that the procedures to be carried out by importers of medical equipment and supplies to apply for tax exemption will be reduced in ten days.
From the Ministry of Finance statement:
San Jose, November 19th, 2018. The deadline for tax exemption procedures for companies that import medical equipment and supplies such as: gag, surgical cotton, surgical gowns, hospital beds, among others, will be reduced in ten days, due to the collaboration between the Ministries of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) and Treasury to expedite this process.
Reprico, Labymed, J.J. Cohen, Novartis and Nipro Medical Corporation are some of the firms supplying medicines to public health institutions in the region.
Figures from the information system, "Public Purchases in the Health Sector" developed by the Trade Intelligence area of CentralAmericaData, details the list of companies favored with contracts to provide pharmaceutical products and medical supplies in tenders published between July 2017 and June 2018, by the several Ministries of Health and Social Security of Central American countries.
During the first half of the year, purchases of vaccines for human use in Central America totaled $57 million, and imports from France increased 83% over the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system Vaccine Market for Human Use in Central America, from the Trade Intelligence Area of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
During the first six months of the year, imports of pharmaceutical products in Central America reached $1.587 million, 4% more than in the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system of the Pharmaceutical Products Market in Central America, from the Trade Intelligence Area at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
In the first quarter of the year, companies in the country imported $2.1 million worth of vaccines for human use, and 88% was purchased from France and Panama.
Figures from the information system on the Vaccine Market for Human Use in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The market for medicines in Colombia up to 2017 totalled $3.419 billion, of which 83% corresponded to sales of prescribed medicines, and the remaining 17% to OTC medicines.
A report by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office of Costa Rica details the characteristics of the pharmaceutical products market in Colombia, and highlights the opportunities available for companies in Central America that sell raw materials and supplies for manufacturing medicines.
In the first three months of the year, imports of pharmaceutical products in Central America totaled $728 million, registering a slight decrease of 1% compared to the same period in 2017.
Figures from the information system on the Pharmaceutical Products Market in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData : [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
In the first quarter of the year, purchases of vaccines for human use in Central America totaled $15 million, and 48% were imported from India, France and Belgium.
Figures from the information system on the Vaccine Market for Human Use in Central America, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
From January to March of this year, companies in Costa Rica imported $170 million worth of pharmaceutical products, 7% less than in the same period in 2017, and 30% came from the USA and Germany.
Figures from the information system on the Pharmaceutical Market in Costa Rica, compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
The Costa Rican Social Security Fund is putting out to tender a supply of various types of medicines.
Costa Rica Government Purchase 2018ME-000115-5101:
"Beclomethasone dipropionate 100 ug / dose in extra fine aerosol solution for oral inhalation, pressurized bottle with 200 doses, does not contain CFC, amount required 1,100,000."