Exporters in Costa Rica and buyers from Europe, Asia and North America will meet from 17th to 19th of September in the fifteenth edition of the Buyers Trade Mission.
The mission is being organized by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer) and will be held at the Hotel Real Intercontinental, San Jose.
The event will be attended by some 200 international companies who will do business with approximately 317 companies through business meetings, exhibition stands, conferences, as well as having a showroom.
From 18th to 20th of June, the mission "Business Opportunities Costa Rica- Colombia: Free Trade, investment and green business", will be in search of new business deals and will promote the country's export supply.
In the first trade mission of this type, organized by the Foreign Trade Promotion Office (Procomer) the companies taking part include: RainForest Water, Sweet Well, Orgánicos Ecogreen, Alimentos Kamuk, Cafe Britt, Manza-Tea, Bufete Arias & Muñoz, Ampo and MicroTechnologies.
In April and May, two Peruvian trade mission will visit Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala in search of business opportunities.
The Exporters Association of Peru (ADEX) has organized two trade missions from companies from various sectors and foreign trade students from Peru.
Gestion.pe reports that "the first exploration mission from the imports and logistics sector will be held from 16th to 20th of April in Panama and aims at learning about the trade and development opportunities in this country which trades with the world more than $18 billion and through which passes 14,000 ships and more than 12 million containers a year. "
Dutch producers of plants, vegetables and flowers will visit both countries from 11 to 18 May 2013, looking for investors interested in the sector.
Information published by NethWork:
NethWork is organizing a trade mission to Guatemala and Costa Rica which will take place from Sunday 12 May to Saturday 18 May 2013.
NethWork is focussing on greenhouse production and there will be separate programs for companies specializing in floriculture (flowers, cuttings, potted plants, foliage) and vegetables.
Costa Rican exporters and international buyers will meet from 17 to 20 September during the XIV edition of the Buyers Trade Mission organized by Procomer.
The Buyers Trade Mission (MCC2012) is a flagship event of the Costa Rica Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER) which gathers together in one place groups of buyers and exporters visiting the country from various markets such as Europe, Asia and the U.S., among others.
Costa Rican businessmen are exploring opportunities to strengthen trade relations, especially in the areas of metal-mechanics and chemical-pharmaceuticals.
Within Central America, Nicaragua is the leading destination for exports from Costa Rica, while, after El Salvador, Costa Rica is the second largest buyer of products and services for export Nicaraguan businesses , annually generating more than $500 million.
Employers in Peru and Costa Rica will explore potential business in the areas of food, clothing, cosmetics, foodstuffs, lubricants and paints.
Businesses can not wait, and even though a free trade agreement with Peru is still passes through the bureaucratic cliques of the Legislative Assembly of the Central American country, Peruvian entrepreneurs have taken the initiative and organized a business meeting with colleagues from Costa Rica.
COMEX has launched an exploratory phase that will determine the opportunities for trade and investment relations with India, with a view to boosting Costa Rica’s trade and political agenda in Asia.
A press release from the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica (COMEX) reads:
Costa Rica has submitted a proposed investment promotion treaty to the Government of India.
Chinese businessmen are seeking to strengthen trade, investment and economic cooperation with Costa Rica.
A press release from Costa Rica’s Ministry of Foreign Trade states:
The Foreign Trade Corporation (PROCOMER in Spanish) and the Sichuan Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT in Spanish) are to sign a cooperation agreement.
On November 17, the Minister of Foreign Trade, Anabel Gonzalez, and the Director General of the Ministry, Federico Valerio, met with the Vice-Governor of Sichuan Province, Huang Xiaoxiang, who analyzed the trade and investment opportunities offered by Costa Rica to this province in China.
Twenty Chilean businessmen will conduct business meetings with their Costa Rican peers looking for commercial alliances.
The rounds of negotiations will involve producers of fresh fruit, processed food, paper, wood, skin care products, engineering and information technology among others.
La Prensa Libre, reported statements by Marcela Aravena, director of ProChileCentral who said, "These rounds of negotiations are critical to Chilean businesses, mostly to present the wide range of products that Chile has export to Costa Rican businesses. During the time spent in the country we expect that each representative will have about 10 meetings a day with the goal of evaluating business deals and can making them in the short term, if possible. "
Costa Rica will hold on September 6 and 7 of the XIII Buyers Trade Mission with the participation of representatives of some 205 companies from 31 countries.
240 small and medium local enterprises (SMEs) from the agricultural, industrial, food and metalworking sectors, among others, will take part in the meeting.
The event, organized by the Foreign Trade Promoter (Procomer) will be held at the Ramada Herradura Hotel in Belén, Heredia.
From 12 to July 13 Costa Rica businessmen will hold meetings with their counterparts in Nicaragua.
Costa Rica's trade mission is composed of representatives of nine food and restaurant companies.
The meeting has been organized by the Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce and the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Office (Procomer).
"Eduardo Fonseca, executive director of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce (CACONIC) said that 'this is a good time" for domestic producers to gain maximum benefit, bearing in mind that we are a highly productive agricultural country. "
The summit, which attracted about 200 businessmen from both countries, seeks to cement trade relations.
Business appointments are made based on interests presented by Chinese entrepreneurs in sectors such as industry, food, construction, technology and meat.
Additionally, the conference promotes Costa Rican exports with 11 booths which allow attendees to taste products such as palm and coffee liqueur.