Trade Mission to GermanyWednesday, October 10, 2018 From November 5th to 9th, Guatemalan businessmen from the agricultural and manufacturing sectors will visit Frankfurt to discuss business opportunities with local buyers. The representatives of the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (Agexport) informed that the trade mission they organize, will allow Guatemalan businessmen to contact potential buyers from Germany, whom they will have business appointments previously defined. $55 million Worth of Deals at Agri-Food FairThursday, June 1, 2017 During the AGRITRADE event held in Guatemala, 2,000 business appointments were held between international buyers and Central American exporters, adding up to a total of $55 million in trade deals. From a statement issued by Agexport: Chia Price Falls 39%Wednesday, May 21, 2014 The fall in international prices and overproduction is negatively impacting sales of the seed harvested in Nicaragua. In the U.S. market a quintal of chia is trading at $170 whereas it previously traded for $280. During the 2013-2014 cycle Nicaraguan growers harvested about 180,000 quintals, however, much of this crop had no advance purchase contracts and contractual undertakings from exporters are full. Cocoa Defies Crisis in NicaraguaTuesday, September 24, 2019 After last year's sales of grain abroad grew 19% compared to 2017, in the first eight months of 2019 Nicaraguan cocoa exports totaled $5.8 million, 48% more than in the same period of 2018. Regarding the volume traded, the figures of the Exports Processing Center (Cetrex) that between January and August 2018 and the same period of 2019, the figure increased from 2,433 to 3,405 tons. International Agricultural Fair in GuatemalaTuesday, July 22, 2014 AGRITRADE Expo & Conference will take place on March 12th-13th in Guatemala City, and will be attended by 100 international buyers. From a statement by the Guatemalan Exporters Association: Which Crops Have the Most Growth Potential?Monday, June 24, 2019 In the Dominican Republic, avocado and bananas are the crops with the highest growth potential, because of the behavior of global demand. The National Competitiveness Council of the Dominican Republic and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) presented the "Study and Diagnosis of Agricultural Chains" in which the analysis of ten value chains was carried out for agricultural products such as: avocado, cocoa, banana, coconut, mango, pineapple, greenhouse vegetables, oriental vegetables, chinola and cassava. Changes in the Agricultural BusinessMonday, February 18, 2019 Because of the decline in the international price of sugar in recent years, agricultural businessmen in Guatemala have decided to migrate to more profitable crops, such as bananas and African palm. Last year, Guatemalan banana exports totaled $815 million, 4% more than the $782 million reported in 2017, a rise that is partly caused by the increase in the cultivated area in the country. |
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