Once Panama blocked the entry of animal products from Costa Rica, discussions at the technical level progressed, but when the issue was brought to the political arena, the process to solve the trade conflict stalled.
In early July of this year, Panama informed the National Animal Health Service (SENASA), an agency of the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), about the decision not to extend the authorization for export to a list of Costa Rican establishments previously authorized and that have been commercializing in the Panamanian market for many years.
An industrial plant for the processing of vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy products, roots and tubers will be built in the canton of Coto Brus, province of Puntarenas.
The Costa Rican government awarded the contract for the construction of this industrial complex to the company Vidalco Empresa Constructora. It is estimated that the overall investment will be approximately $3 million.
On August 14, the company Rianxeira began to operate its new plant for processing fish waste into flour and oil, located in Escuintla.
The industrial complex located at kilometer 97, highway to Puerto Quetzal, Escuintla, will process all types of waste, such as fish heads, skeletons, bones, bone parts and viscera.
Dos Pinos and Distribuidora Corripio invested $30 million in the construction of a plant that has an area of 8,500 square meters and a packaging capacity of 250,000 liters per day.
The Costa Rican Cooperative of Milk Producers Dos Pinos and Distribuidora Corripio, founded the Caribbean Dairy Group, being their first joint investment the construction of the new industrial plant, which will produce 50 varieties of dairy products, juices, nectars and soft drinks of the Dos Pinos and La Granja brands.
In Guatemala, Rianxeira company expects to have in operation in August, its new plant for transforming fish waste into flour.
The company, which is currently exporting tuna loins and concentrates, reported that the investment in the new production line of the plant in Escuintla, amounts to $2 million and that the raw material to be used will be fish heads, skeletons, bones, bone parts and viscera.
In the business of different food preparations, it is estimated that Kris Food Processor, Kerns Food Industries and Malher concentrate about 13% of the market share.
Data from the report "Company's Corporate System", complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, provides details on company information based on sector, main activity, imports, exports, contracts granted by the government and other data.
A food processing plant will start operating in Rivas, which will focus on attending to producers and traders, and on university studies.
The new plant, which has the capacity to process meat products, dairy products, cereals, mushrooms, fruit and vegetables, was built on the grounds of the Antonio de Valdivieso International University (Uniav).
Productos Toledano launched a $24 million plant in Capira, Panama West province, with a capacity to produce 50 metric tons of poultry feed per hour.
According to information from the company, the new plant will have the capacity to receive 240 metric tons of flour per hour, store 440,000 quintals of corn flour and 160,000 quintals of soy flour.
To verify whether they comply with the rules for exporting meat, seafood, dairy products and fruits to the Asian country, representatives of the Chinese government will conduct an inspection of several production plants in Panama.
As part of the Free Trade Agreement between China and the Central American country, it was reported that from October 22nd to 31st a Chinese government delegation will inspect food processing plants in Panama.
The production plant that Grupo Lala is building in Escuintla, Guatemala, will be ready to start operating in September.
The milk production that will be shipped from the plant in Palin, Escuintla, will go to the southern market of Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador, according to representatives of the company of Mexican origin.
The Guatemalan Corporación Multi Inversiones has inaugurated a plant with the capacity to produce 40 metric tons of animal feed per hour, located in Alajuela, Costa Rica.
The new production plant, which in its first stage required an investment of more than $12 million, will produce food for animals such as fattening birds, laying birds, livestock, swine, horses, tilapia and pets, and is located in Pozón, Orotina, Alajuela, 150 meters north of the crossing to Jacó.
Nestlé has announced that the growth plan in the Dominican Republic, which began in 2016 and will extend for four more years, includes a total investment of $130 million.
Creation of new products, innovation in the factories' production lines and the introduction of new brands in the country are part of the growth strategy that the food company envisages for the Dominican Republic.
Cargill has inaugurated a processing plant in Nicaragua that will have the capacity to sacrifice up to 14,000 birds per hour, and it required a $45 million investment.
The new plant, where cuts of whole chicken will be automated, will provide greater capacity for freezing and in line packaging.
A swiss company plans to invest $20 million over the next two years in the production of passion fruit and guava in Nicaragua, and among the planned investments is construction of a processing plant.
Frutco de las Américas S.A. plans to invest $4.5 million in the construction of a processing plant, $1.5 million in the financing of an organic plantation, $2 million in the acquisition of land, $700 thousand in training and planting of passion fruit, and $500 thousand in a guava plantation.
Truck robberies, high energy prices, excessive bureaucracy and the informal sector all took their toll on the growth of the Costa Rican food and beverage industry in 2017.
The Monthly Index of Manufacturing Activity of the food and beverages industry showed a slowdown in the domestic market and a negative average growth of -0.07% in the first nine months of the year.
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