Ministry of Education tenders textbooks for pre-primary and primary school students and methodological guides for teachers, for use in the 2022 school year.
Guatemala Government Purchase 13918680:
"Detail of some of the required texts:
-43,439 texts "Leo y escribo" (reading and writing) step 1 of first grade elementary school in K'iche' language.
-56.357 texts "Leo y escribo" (reading and writing) step 1 of first grade elementary school in Q'eqchi' language
In Honduras, the Strategic Agency for Productive, Environmental and Social Projects invites eligible bidders to submit bids for printing and distribution of school textbooks for the Third Cycle of Basic Education.
Honduras Government Purchase AEPAS-H-4449-LPI-004-2021:
Sophos, a bookstore located in Zona 10 of Guatemala City, is a point that 15 minutes by car monopolizes a potential market of 239 thousand consumers, of which 40% are interested in books.
Using the Geomarketing solutions we have developed for our clients, CentralAmericaData's Trade Intelligence team analyzed the environment of some of the main bookstore locations operating in Central American countries. Below is an extract of the findings of the study.
About 8% of Costa Rican consumers are interested in electronic books, and almost half of them are between 15 and 30 years old, and have a high level of purchasing power.
An analysis of the interests and preferences of consumers in Costa Rica, compiled by the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData, gives interesting results on the preferences and tastes of people who express interest in reading. [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with graphic"]
Entertainment, children and novels in general, are the categories of books that have boosted the business of bookstores in Costa Rica in recent years.
Between 2013 and 2014, book imports fell from $33 million to $30 million, however, in recent years that fall has stopped, because according to data from the Ministry of Finance, between 2014 and 2018 annual imports have oscillated between $27 million and $29.9 million.
Although imports have been falling in the last five years, in Costa Rica the main bookstores have reported annual increases in their sales.
The main reason why some bookstores have managed to improve their sales in recent years is that they have dedicated themselves to catering to readers' tastes and tendencies, in order to better identify their needs and better direct their promotional efforts.
The Ministry of Education in Guatemala is putting out to tender a printing service for 2.1 million textbooks.
Guatemala Government Purchase 8358958:
"-Lote 1: 67,711 books from the "Descubro y Aprendo" series for the 4-year olds stage of the Pre-Primary Education Level. 165,214 books from the "Descubro y Aprendo" series for the 5-year olds stage of the Pre-Primary Education Level.
In the last three years, book imports in Costa Rica fell from $33 million in 2013 to $27 million in 2016.
A lull in imports of dictionaries, encyclopedias and school textbooks is the main reason behind the downward trend that has been seen in book imports in the country.
Luis Monge, president of the Costa Rican Chamber of Books, explained to Nacion.com that"bazaar bookstores, which sell school books, have been affected. A contraction of imports in general has been felt since 2014.In contrast, exports grew by 31%, to $9.8 million, in 2016, but they have not yet stabilized, as one year there is growth and another declines.Luis Amón, manager of Librería Internacional, agrees."...The executive estimates that in the country 20% of the population, more than one million people, read regularly and have the resources and capacity to consume books."
The Ministry of Education in Nicaragua is putting out to tender services for layout, printing and national distribution of books in various formats.
Nicaragua Government Purchase 79/2015:
"Single Lot: services of printing, layout, printing and distribution of books in various formats:
174,000 notebooks used to record attendance, teaching planning and workbooks for children's early education level III. The distribution will be nationwide. "
It has been reported that a mall being built by the Honduran company Ladylee in the province of Alajuela and has an occupancy rate of 100%.
So far 47 commercial establishments have been confirmed, according to representatives from City Mall, but they are still choosing who will fill the missing spaces in the 70 thousand square meters building dedicated to this area.
Two Costa Rican bookstores are preparing for new openings in 2015 in the country and expansion into El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
With a format combining a bookstore and gift shop, music and videos, Librería Internacional and Lehman are looking to expand both in the Costa Rican market and regionally. In line with this strategy, Librería Internacional this year opened two new stores in San Salvador, while in Costa Rica two new branches were opened.
Taxing the income of companies that publish and sell books will speed up the deterioration of a market already affected by new technologies and lower consumption of books.
The tax package that the government intends to implement includes publishers, who will have to start paying income tax if the tax reform thrives in the Legislature. If this is the scenario, book prices will rise and in house publications will be further reduced, anticipate industry representatives.
The tender for the purchase of more than 3 million textbooks in the amount of $12 million has been declared void.
According to the Minister of Education, Lucy Molinar, six of the companies did not meet the prescribed requirements and another one did not reach the score needed to win the purchase contract.
The Ministry of Education (Meduca) has still not indicated whether it will hold a new tender to purchase the textbooks for basic general education and pre-secondary levels for schools.
The Ministry of Education in Panama is putting out to tender the supply and delivery of Mathematics, Spanish, Science, English, Social sciences, History, Geography and Civics textbooks.
Panama Government Purchase 2013-0-07-0-99-AV-015295:
"SUPPLY, DELIVERY AND UNLOADING OF TEXTBOOKS FROM 1st TO 9th GRADES IN THE SUBJECTS: MATHEMATICS, SPANISH, ENGLISH AND SCIENCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (1st TO 6th GRADE), HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND CIVICS (7th, 8th and 9th GRADES) FOR USE BY STUDENTS IN GENERAL BASIC EDUCATION".
The Ministry of Education in Honduras is putting out to tender the printing and distribution of 3.17 million textbooks in the areas of Natural and Social Sciences.
Honduras Government Purchase SEDUC-003-2013:
"Acquisition and distribution of student books and teacher guides in the areas of Natural and Social Sciences, 1st to 9th grade"
The deadline for submission of bids is October 22, 2013.
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