From August 18th to 20th local and international buyers and sellers from different sectors will be taking part in business meetings in Chiriqui, Panama in order to generate new business alliances.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Panama:
From August 18th to 20th, 2015
2015 Business Roundtable, promoting competitiveness from Chiriqui
On July 2 in Guatemala City regional entrepreneurs will be meeting with their Mexican counterparts to explore business opportunities.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (-AGEXPORT-):
In order to support SMEs starting to export or those who have already exported but want to diversify, AGEXPORT, through its Department of Promotion and Trade Information has created the Macro Rueda Central America and Mexico, with the aim of supporting improved competitiveness of SME's and linking them up to natural markets such as Central America and Mexico.
On March 18th the first business meetings in the International Fair in David will take place, to which companies from all productive sectors are invited to participate.
From a statement issued by the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Chiriqui:
The International Fair in David and the Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture of Chiriqui are inviting participation in the first Business Roundtable, exclusively for exhibitors in the exhibition event, from Wednesday March 18, 2015 to be held in the Diplomatic Room Rafael Galan from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Exporters from the sectors related to food, crafts, plastics, cosmetics and others will be taking a business trip to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic from 17 to 22 November.
From a statement issued by the Guatemalan Exporters Association (AGEXPORT):
In order to prepare for the upcoming trade mission being held at San Juan, Puerto Rico and Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, 13 businesses took part in an Introductory Seminar for the Caribbean Mission on October 7, in order to find out about the potential in this market.
During the International Tourism Expo 2014 held in Panama, 3,276 business contacts were made between international wholesaler buyers and tourism businesses in the region.
From a statement by the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture of Panama (CCIAP):
The Organizing Committee for International Tourism Expo 2014, announced that the fifth edition of the most important trade fair for tourism in Panama surpassed all expectations of buyers, wholesalers and exhibitors from Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean.
The activity which will take place on July 3 seeks to bring together suppliers of goods and services in the production chain with exporters.
From a press release issued by the Guatemalan Association of Exporters:
The Macro Conference on Multisectoral Products and Services, which is being organized by the Department of Promotion and Trade Information at AGEXPORT in its 3rd edition aims to be the largest network of providers nationwide for Guatemalan exporters. The event which will take place on July 3, 2014, will involve more than 20 buyers interested in agricultural, manufacturing and services.
In the V Business Roundtable on Construction Materials and Finishes the value of contracts signed in Panama was $560,000 and this amount is expected to be doubled in the short term by deals yet to be finalised.
Organized by the export promotion agency Proexport Colombia, the business conference recently held in Panama gathered together 62 Colombian exporters and 73 Central American companies, with 80% of the Panamanian buyers.
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.
Companies in the sector will meet in Costa Rica from January 27th-29th to explore business opportunities.
The aim of the meeting is to attract business partnerships and identify business opportunities between companies in the sector in the region.
The program will offer all participants the opportunity to enroll, identify and apply for one to one meetings with other participants before the event begins.
Proexport gathered together 46 Colombian exporters and 59 Central American buyers in a business conference in Panama.
From the press release published by Proexport of Colombia:
The IV Business Roundtable on Building Materials in Panama, organized by Proexport, finished with business expectations of $27.4 million for the Colombian business sector, informed the president of Proexport, Maria Claudia Lacouture.