With the strategic development of the Guatemala Country Brand, there are expectations in the business sector to jointly promote investments, exports and tourism.
The Panamanian government announced that it will open an agribusiness office in the city of Shanghai, which will seek to increase exports to the Asian continent.
An announcement will be made of the new office opening (which would be planned for the first months of 2019) during the China International Import Expo (Ciie), one of the most important in Asia that takes place from November 5th to 10th.
From this year onwards, the Chamber of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica will be the representative in the Central American country of the Trade Promotion Agency Avante Extremadura.
The Chamber of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica and Representatives of Foreign Houses (CRECEX), announced that from this year it will function as representative in Central America of the Trade Promotion Agency Avante Extremadura.
A bill by the Morales administration in Guatemala proposes creating an agency that would manage issues of commercial promotion, competitiveness, investment attraction and country brand.
Representatives from the Ministry of Economy presented in Congress a proposal for a Law to create the Institute for Commercial Promotion, ProGuatemala, which would absorb the functions and staff that at the moment execute the National Program of Competitiveness.
With the purpose of generating new business relationships, representatives of the Honduran government have met with a group of buyers of fruits and vegetables from Dubai.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Honduras stated that on June 4 representatives from the institution held a meeting with the Group of Fruit and Vegetable Buyers of Dubai, composed of Arab business leaders who showed their interest in establishing commercial ties with the Central American country.
Guatemalan exporters plan to boost their exports to Asian countries through the creation of a working table that will analyze trends of products that are in demand and company profiles.
With the aim of increasing business opportunities in Asia, the exporters' association will be working on the development of new export promotion strategies with local companies and the Taiwanese embassy.
The embassy of the Asian country in Santo Domingo will focus on attracting Chinese investors and offering facilities for Dominican entrepreneurs to develop their business in China.
Fu Xinrong, Chargé d'Affaires at the Diplomatic Mission, informed Eldinero.com.do that "... the Embassy will have more functions with the integration of Political Advisers and Economic and Commercial Affairs, as well as a Military Attaché, with the consular service being the most noteworthy."
More tourism and the promotion of Dominican exports to the European country, are some of the benefits expected to be gained from the agreement signed between businessmen from both countries.
The cooperation agreement between the National Confederation of Agricultural Producers (Confenagro) and the Dominican-Russian Chamber of Commerce, aims to promote exports of Dominican products to Russia, facilitate joint investments, and promote tourism and cooperation.
The union of Guatemalan merchants and the embassy of Peru signed an agreement to increase trade between the two economies.
According to figures from Banco de Guatemala, in 2017 the Central American country imported $71 million worth of goods from Peru and exported $86 million worth to the South American country.
The Varela administration has ordered the opening of an agro-logistics office, which will seek to increase exports to Europe.
A statement issued by the Presidency of Panama explains that "... President Varela has ordered the opening of the first office on agro-logistics, which from the Embassy in the Netherlands, will seek to expand Panamanian exports to Europe."
In Costa Rica a hotel entrepreneur is confronting the Solis government, after it warned that companies carrying out commercial promotions in alliance with Uber will be penalized.
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Can it be that businesspeople in Costa Rica nowhave to consult the government to validate their marketing plans and strategies for their products and services?
In Costa Rica an international promotion plan is being developed to position the country as a destination for film production, a sector in which about 200 companies operate locally.
Despite the fact that a process has been under way for several years to create a conglomerate of Costa Rican companies dedicated to this activity in the country, in order to boost business by attracting foreign production companies to make films in the country, a commission has now been created at the governmental level, with a budget for international promotion and a work plan.
It has been announced that between August and September a visit by Nicaraguan government officials and businessmen will be made to the Mexican city.
The visit is being organized by the Mexico-Nicaragua Chamber of Commerce, and the objective is to promote Mexican investment in the automotive, leather, footwear and furniture sectors, and the medical industry.
It is hoped that with approval of the agreement for the promotion and protection of investments trade and business opportunities between the two countries will increase.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of Guatemala:
The Congress approved Law Decree 8-2017 "Agreement on Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments -APPRI- between Guatemala and the Republic of Turkey."
The new site will operate in Madrid on the same premises currently occupied by the Embassy of Costa Rica in the European country.
From a statement issued by PROCOMER:
San José, November 22, 2016.With a business meeting attended by 80 Spanish businessmen and with the participation of the former deputy minister of Foreign Trade and current Ambassador, Doris Osterloff and PROCOMER General Manager, Pedro Beirute Prada; Today the new commercial site of PROCOMER in Madrid, Spain was opened.
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