In 2017, sales abroad made by companies dedicated to the development and promotion of software content totaled $400 million.
According to the Digital Development Sector (Sofex) at the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport), the digital union has 42 associated companies in the country and serves 8 thousand local clients and more than 4 thousand international clients in Latin America, Canada, Europe, Asia and the United States.
In Guatemala, the Santo Tomás de Castilla National Port Company is putting out to tender a cargo weighing service by means of scales within the facilities of the institution, for a period of 60 months.
The National Electrification Institute of Guatemala is putting out to tender engineering services for the elaboration of a plan for the instrumentation of dams and accessory structures.
The tender for the service of electronic tax stamps for containers passing through Guatemalan customs will no longer be carried out, meaning that several companies will be able to offer their services independently.
Last June the Superintendency of Tax Administration of Guatemala had convened an informative meeting for companies that were interested in the qualification process to provide the electronic tax stamp service.
The Bank of Guatemala is putting out to tender a contract for services by an external audit firm to dictate and certify the institution's financial statements.
In the first quarter of 2018, the manufacturing and services sectors recorded falls of 4,000 and 7,000, respectively, in the monthly average number of affiliates to the social insurance scheme compared to 2017.
One example of the contraction observed in industrial activity is what occured in free zones.The Association of Private Free Zones of Guatemala explained that due to the closure of more than one hundred companies, some 1,500 jobs have been lost.
Unlike Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama, Guatemalan authorities did not sign the agreement that seeks to eliminate additional fees that are charged for roaming services.
The Superintendency of Telecommunications took part in the Assembly of the Inter-American Telecommunications Commission (Citel) which was held in Buenos Aires, but the Guatemalan institution has not yet given the reasons why it did not sign the agreement in favor of eliminating charges for roamingservices.
Almost two years after termination of the contract with the previous concessionaire, the government is once again considering the possibility of putting out to tender administration of the national postal service.
Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "...Since last year the state postal service has been working at half capacity.Only 13 of the 252 agencies of the Dirección General de Correos y Telégrafos (DGCT) are authorized, but these only deliver packages from abroad and it is not possible to send mail from Guatemala; In the capital, 12 postmen and two vehicles distribute legal documents, certificates and letters."
Empresa Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomás de Castilla is putting out to tender containment barrier services for tankers, sludge extraction and other things.
"Requirements are for the services of containment barriers for tankers, services to set up barge, fender and other types of separators, and sludge extraction services for ships docked at the dock of the Empresa Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomás de Castilla.
The Technical Institute for Training and Productivity in Guatemala is putting out to tenderprinting services for manuals and other materials, under variable demand.
Empresa Portuaria Nacional Santo Tomás de Castilla is putting out to tender IT services to support the administration of all of its technological infrastructure.
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