From July 7-10, Guatemalan companies focused on mass consumption will meet with Dominican buyers to learn about local market trends.
The event is organized by the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) and is aimed at national companies interested in marketing mass consumption products, food service and private brands.
Guatemala's annual exports to the Dominican Republic amount to nearly $120 million, and among the main products marketed are sugar, several types of medicines, palm oil, and personal hygiene items, among others.
From November 7 to 11, Costa Rican entrepreneurs from the tourism sector will visit Denmark, Sweden and Holland, where seminars will be held and seek to create connections with local tourism agents.
The business tour is organized by Futuropa Group Association and according to the schedule of activities will visit Denmark on November 7, Sweden on the 8th and Holland on the 11th of the same month.
From September 17-19, food and construction companies will visit Costa Rica to explore business opportunities with local companies.
Yerbal (Pambiotica S.L.), a company dedicated to the production of infusions, spices and condiments, EXMESA (Export of goods from Extremadura), which produces confectionery based on figs, and the wine cellar HABLA belong to the food sector, informed the Chamber of Foreign Trade (CRECEX).
From October 22nd to 25th, 2019, companies from several sectors of Guatemala will visit Mexico, where they will have business appointments with potential buyers, institutional visits and supermarkets.
The Trade Mission has no cost and has the support of the Ministry of Economy of Guatemala, informed the exporters' guild.
From November 15 to 24, 2019, companies from several sectors of Guatemala will visit Israel to explore business opportunities.
From the Agexport statement:
Through a multisectorial Trade Mission, the Embassy of Israel in Guatemala and the partner company of the Commission of Creative Industry of AGEXPORT, "Con Amigos" summon Guatemalan companies to know the commercial opportunities that exist in the Israeli market.
On August 27, companies from the Asian country will participate in business rounds in Tegucigalpa, and from 28 to 30 of the same month will be present at Expo Taiwan 2019, to be held in San Pedro Sula.
At least 18 Taiwanese companies are expected to participate. These companies are engaged in the manufacture and packaging of food, the production of cold roll forming machines and the manufacture of camera mirrors, among others.
From 5 to 10 October, Guatemalan businessmen from the agricultural sector will travel to Madrid to make several business appointments with potential Spanish buyers, and also know the trends in the supermarket sector.
Spain is a market with an interest in export products such as mango, avocado, roasted and green coffee, fresh vegetables and exotic fruits, some of the products most demanded by Spanish buyers, reported Agexport.
From July 22nd to 25th, Guatemalan companies focused on mass consumption will meet with Dominican buyers, and will learn about market trends through visits to major supermarkets.
The mission, organized by the Guatemalan exporters' guild, is aimed at national companies focused on mass consumer products, who will have the opportunity to have business appointments with Dominican buyers, hold meetings with institutions in the destination country, and learn about market trends.
On May 24, a delegation of 12 companies from the South American country will visit Guatemala to offer local distributors foods such as avocado, apples, asparagus, blueberries and others.
The event, promoted by the Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce, will be held in a hotel south of the Guatemalan capital. There, 30-minute appointments will be held with each of the companies interested in participating.
The Chamber of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica is recruiting businessmen who wish to attend a business roundtable, to be held from May 13 to 17 in the city of Brusque, Santa Catalina in southern Brazil.
Depending on the profile of each company, there is the option of covering tickets and lodging for one attendee per company at the event, informed authorities of the Costa Rican Chamber of Foreign Trade (Crecex).
From April 16 to 17, Costa Rican businessmen will participate in the "Polaris" fair, which will take place in the city of Athens, Greece, where they will have business meetings with 100 European buyers of frozen fruit.
With the aim of seeking new market niches, 50 Costa Rican producers will participate in meetings with businessmen from Europe, was reported in a statement.
Businessmen from the infrastructure, transport and energy sectors will visit Guatemala on February 28 and March 1 and will meet with government authorities and private sector representatives.
The United Kingdom Embassy in Guatemala informed that representatives of AKT II (civil engineering and design), Biwater (solutions and water treatment), Buro Happold (engineering and design), ERM (business sustainability) will arrive to the country.
Guatemalan companies are invited to participate in the third commercial and academic mission scheduled to take place in San Francisco, United States, from June 3 to 5.
The Guatemalan-American Chamber of Commerce is the institution organizing the mission, which aims to acquire new knowledge and establish contacts with companies such as Google, Uber, Cisco and Microsoft, among others.
The first three trade missions organized for exporters in Guatemala will focus on the potential of mass consumer and agricultural products in those markets.
From the Agexport press release:
The Trade Intelligence Unit of the Department of Market Development and Commercial Promotion of AGEXPORT, will carry out in 2019 different commercial missions towards the "Best Markets & Best Products" selected by AGEXPORT to open, strengthen and consolidate business opportunities for Guatemalan companies.
From October 22nd to 26th, Brazilian businessmen from the food and beverage, construction, software, equipment, cosmetics and furniture sectors will visit Santo Domingo and Santiago to offer their products.
From the statement of the Embassy of Brazil in the Dominican Republic:
APEX, Brazil's export promotion agency in conjunction with the Embassy of Brazil in the Dominican Republic announced the visit of a group of 17 Brazilian companies that will be offering a wide variety of products and services to Dominican companies on October 23rd and 24th in Santo Domingo and October 25th and 26th in Santiago.