Honduras-Peru Business Council of CommerceTuesday, June 25, 2013 This August a delegation of 30 businessmen from Peru will come in search of business opportunities. Honduras and Peru will create what will soon be the first Business Council of Commerce between the two countries, reported a diplomatic source today in Tegucigalpa . Live Cattle From Panama to PeruMonday, November 11, 2013 The Agricultural Bank of Peru is going to open a special credit line for the purchase of live cattle in Panama to supply the Peruvian domestic market. The Comptroller General of the Republic revealed that up until August the value of exported cattle was $1.3 million, 37.6% less compared to the $2.1 million reported in the same period in 2012. Ruling Against Peru and in Favor of Guatemalan AgricultureThursday, December 17, 2015 Peru must implement the resolutions of the Dispute Settlement Body in the case of the price band imposed on imports of agricultural products before March 2016. From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance in Guatemala: Guatemala Protests Against Peru's Tariff PolicyTuesday, April 16, 2013 Complaints have been sent to WTO over Peru's tariffs for agricultural products which are modified according to changes in international commodity prices. "Peruvian trade policy on agricultural products establishes a price range as a stabilization mechanism. This measure allows tariffs to rise or fall according to international prices," noted an article in Elcomercio.pe. Guatemala Asks WTO to Mediate with PeruWednesday, June 19, 2013 A request has been made to establish a "Special Group" for the settlement of trade disputes between the two countries. From a press release from the Government of Guatemala: More Trade between Guatemala and PeruMonday, April 16, 2018 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. Trade Figures between Peru and Central AmericaThursday, July 13, 2017 Of the total imported from Peru by the Central American countries in 2016, 25% corresponded to petroleum oils, worth a total of $98 million. Figures from the Central American-Peru Trade Information System complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericanData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with the graph"] Trade Missions to Central PeruFriday, April 12, 2013 In April and May, two Peruvian trade mission will visit Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala in search of business opportunities. The Exporters Association of Peru (ADEX) has organized two trade missions from companies from various sectors and foreign trade students from Peru. Business between Central America and PeruMonday, November 26, 2018 Last year, mineral fuels, plastic articles and food led the commercial exchange between Peruvian and Central American companies. Figures from the Central American-Peru Trade Information System complied by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [GRAPHIC caption = "Click to interact with the graph"] Peruvian Businessmen Visit Costa RicaWednesday, August 26, 2009 These entrepreneurs are looking for local distributors, to introduce their products to the national market. Crecex, the Chamber of Local Representatives of Foreign Companies, will hold business rounds on September 21.
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Bread and Cookies: Business with Peru Grows at 4%Thursday, March 4, 2021 In the first nine months of 2020, Central American countries allocated $327 million to import bakery, pastry and biscuit products, and purchases from companies in Peru grew 4% compared to the same period in 2019. Figures from the Trade Intelligence Unit of CentralAmericaData: [GRAFICA caption="Click to interact with the graph"] Costa Rican Roasters Want to Import Coffee from PeruWednesday, February 23, 2011 Roasters are asking the Government to liberalize trade with Peru so they can have competitive access to the green coffee produced in that country. The severe contraction of the national coffee production sector is of concern to the toasters, which are struggling to ensure market supply. Controversial Avocado ImportsThursday, September 28, 2017 Following the same strategy that they used to block the entry of Mexican avocados, in Costa Rica local producers of the fruit now want to prevent imports coming in from Peru. Producers from the Los Santos area say that the avocados entering the country from Peru are contaminated with the Sunblotch plague, and asked the State Phytosanitary Service to close the Costa Rican market to the Peruvian fruit. Avocado: Some Lose, Some WinTuesday, September 10, 2019 Since Costa Rica suspended the entry of Hass avocado from Mexico, countries such as Chile, Peru and Nicaragua have taken advantage of the situation to increase their exports to the Costa Rican market. The dispute that is still unresolved dates back several years, when in May 2014 the Costa Rican authorities decided to ban the import of avocado from Mexico, arguing the existence of the disease called sunspot. Spain seeks more trade with PanamaWednesday, November 26, 2008 The Chambers of Trade in Spain asked the government of Panama yesterday for an increase n the level of trade relations between the two countries. The president of the Superior Council of the Spanish Chambers of Trade, Javier Gomez Navarro, praised the economic situation in Panama, highlighting the leadership of the country in the growth of Latin America, along with Peru, "and this encourages us to offer and request more relations with Spain." |
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