Don Limon Gets Established in Central AmericaFriday, July 8, 2011 The company begain operations in Costa Rica in order to be close to the fruit growers. In order to strengthen its position and generate new business alliances in the region, the Don Limon company has decided to settle in Costa Rica, where it recently partnered with Tropical Fruit Marketing. El Salvador: Ornamental Plant Exports GrowThursday, August 25, 2011 The company, Red Fox, an exporter of ornamental plants, has doubled its production area and quadrupled its exports in the last two years. The company is continuing with its expansion plans and hopes in the next few years to augment its production area from 20 to 40 hectares and increase its annual export to 200 million cuttings, said the company's general manager, Simon Schulz. Pineapple Juice PlantMonday, July 30, 2012 Del Monte is planning an investment in Costa Rica of over $7 million in a processing plant in order to take advantage of the pineapple juice whose quality is not exportable. The extraction plant will be located in an area of 6.7 hectares in Volcan de Buenos Aires, Puntarenas. Panama's Pineapple PotentialTuesday, February 21, 2012 The main Canadian fresh fruit processor has found good opportunities for expanding its network of suppliers of pineapple with producers from Chiriqui and La Chorrera. With advice and planning from CentralAmericaData.com’s Business Network, a trade mission composed of the chief executives from the company with plants in Vancouver, Toronto and Los Angeles, visited the principal pineapple producing establishments in Panama, with the aim of increasing its number of suppliers, which are now exclusively from Costa Rica. Guatemalan Tobacco After Closure of TacasaThursday, November 1, 2012 Tobacco leaf producers will still export to Europe and America, while the industry will decline at the same pace as the contraction of the domestic market. Elperiodico.com.gt reports on Deloitte's study presented by British American Tobacco (BAT), which notes that "in 2011 there were 15.7 million kilos of tobacco leaf for export, which generated $52.8 million in foreign exchange according to statistics from the Bank of Guatemala (Banguat). XVII Annual Specialty Coffee Cup in PanamaWednesday, April 24, 2013 From 4th to 7th of May the "Best of Panama" event will be held at the site of the Festival of Flowers and Coffee in Bouquet, where an announcement will be made of the best domestic coffee from the last harvest. The goal of the Speciality Coffee Association of Panama (SCAP) is to promote coffee from Panama internationally, and its origin. "The products selected by a panel of international judges, will then be auctioned on the internet, on June 11, 2013, with the participation of buyers from America, Asia, Europe and Oceania", reported Panamaamerica.com.pa. Mexico Needs CocoaMonday, April 22, 2013 In order to stimulate the Mexican chocolate industry the government of the country will be allowing cocoa imports . From an article by the Costa Rican Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER): |
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