Four industrial firms are to visit the country between the 14th and 16th of May in order to learn about business and investment opportunities.
A trade mission from Taiwan will arrive in Guatemala on May 14th, led by Carlos Liao, director of the Central American Trade Office (CATO), headquartered in Taipei, an agency that promotes mutual investments of American businessmen and Taiwanese firms, reported Prensalibre.com.
In the coming days, Taiwan will be receiving the first shipment of 40,000 tons of Salvadoran raw sugar.
The FTA with Taiwan, in effect since March 2008, permits El Salvador to export 55,000 tons of sugar with zero tariffs.
Eugenia Yang, the economic counselor at the country’s Taiwanese diplomatic headquarters, informed Laprensagrafica com: "During the initial months, the first product to enter the market was coffee.