Panama broadens terms of trade accord with TaiwanMonday, June 30, 2008 Panama and Taiwan agreed to broaden the terms of their four-year-old free trade agreement. Panama was granted an increase to 1,000 metric tons in its quota for smoked pork exports, and there were increases too for sugar, processed chicken, dairy projects, fruits and juices. Taiwan won increases in quotas for manufactured goods, such as plastics, furniture and toys. Taiwan delegation to buy coffee from El SalvadorThursday, January 24, 2008 A Taiwan procurement delegation, organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), is making a coffee trade inspection tour of El Salvador to study the feasibility of importing the product from the Central American country, a TAITRA official said yesterday. The official said that during its two-day visit, the delegation, comprised of coffee importers and led by TAITRA Chairman Hsu Chih-jen, will gain first-hand information on El Salvador's coffee industry, including coffee quality and plantation management. Honduras: Business Opportunity with TaiwanThursday, April 4, 2013 The Taiwan Expo 2013 event will be held from 10 to 13 April , with the participation of entrepreneurs from China in business meetings with Honduran businessmen. Taking part in Taiwan Expo 2013, organized by the Taiwanese Council for Development of External Trade (TAITRA), will be 34 companies from that country who are looking for new business and trade opportunities . Taiwan and Central America: Trade and DiplomacyFriday, July 25, 2014 Seven years after diplomatic ties broke, Costa Rica is Taiwan's main trading partner in the region, with $644 million traded in 2013. It seems that maintaining healthy diplomatic and political relations between governments is not always necessary for trade between two nations to prosper. More opportunities with the Nicaragua - Taiwan FTAFriday, November 3, 2017 The new trade agreement increases the export quota of sugar to 60 thousand tons, and eliminates the export tariff of bovine offal to the Asian island. Laprensa.com.ni explains that "...The expansion was agreed at a meeting between the delegations of the two diplomatic allies, headed by the general director of the BOFT, Yang Jenni, on the Taiwanese side, and his Nicaraguan counterpart, Cristian Martinez, held on Thursday." Taiwan Increases Sugar Privileges for PanamaFriday, August 17, 2012 In addition to an exemption of customs duties, Taiwan has given control of the import quotas for sugar from Panama to the Central American country. The finance ministers of both countries signed the new resolution in Panama City. Honduras and Taiwan ratify free trade accordWednesday, July 16, 2008 Honduras and Taiwan ratified a free trade agreement that was signed just over a year ago and also includes El Salvador. The FTA is due to come into force within 30 days of ratification. The Honduran embassy said the accord aims to "eliminate barriers to trade and promote fair competition." Increase in Nicaraguan Exports to TaiwanThursday, October 18, 2012 Since the entry into force of the FTA with China, exports reported an increase of 547%. Taiwan's ambassador in Nicaragua, Ingrid Hsing, said exports in 2006 totaled $5.7 million, but by the end of 2011 they had increased to $38.9 million. Nicaragua Wants to Expand FTA with TaiwanFriday, January 18, 2013 The Government will conduct a review of the Free Trade Agreement held with the Asian nation to include protection and investment incentives. Bayardo Arce, presidential adviser for economic affairs, talking about the subject noted that the negotiations which have already opened and will be resumed in the next few months, are aimed at "forming an economic partnership that not only about trade but is a joint venture." El Salvador Exports $12 Million of Sugar to TaiwanWednesday, June 17, 2009 In the coming days, Taiwan will be receiving the first shipment of 40,000 tons of Salvadoran raw sugar. The FTA with Taiwan, in effect since March 2008, permits El Salvador to export 55,000 tons of sugar with zero tariffs. Panama-Taiwan Zero Tariff TradeMonday, January 14, 2013 The trade agreement between the two countries will have been in operation for ten years in 2013, and now all tariffs will be removed. The trade agreement between the two countries will have been in operation for ten years this year in 2013, a date when according to the text, all negotiated products will reach a tariff reduction to zero, which will provide greater benefits to Panamanian products entering the Asian market. Nicaragua: FTA with Taiwan can be further exploitedThursday, May 5, 2011 Although since signing the free trade agreement, exports to China have grown by 36%, analysts believe it is possible to get more out of the agreement. Since early 2008, Nicaraguan exports to Taiwan have continued to grow. In just three years, they have sold products worth $68 million as a result of the agreement between the two countries. Nicaragua Has More Business Opportunities in TaiwanWednesday, January 23, 2013 Opportunities exist every day for Nicaraguan exporters, provided that they make progress in the industrialization and productivity of their products. "Nicaragua has captivated the Taiwanese taste for the sweetness of its sugar, the softness of its meat, the freshness of its seafood, and the smell and taste of its coffee, there is a good reference for Nicaraguan companies committed to exporting quality products", said the ambassador of Taiwan in this country, Anita Huang Shu-O, in an interview with El Nuevo Diario within the framework of the five years of the term of the Free Trade Agreement. Taiwanese Mission Visits El SalvadorTuesday, March 10, 2009 A trade mission composed of representatives from 22 companies in different industries met with Salvadoran businesspeople. German Rivas wrote in Laprensagrafica.com: "’The advantage that Salvadoran exporters have taken of the free trade agreement with Taiwan is still 'timid' after 10 months of it having come into force,’ said the Taiwanese ambassador in the country, Carlos Liao. Nicaragua and Taiwan Increase Commercial TradeTuesday, February 10, 2009 The commercial trade among both countries went from $20.1 million in the year 2005 to nearly $31 million in 2008. Elnuevodiario.com.ni publishes: "The commercial exchange between China-Taiwan and Nicaragua increased by almost 90 percent last year, which the Ambassador of the Asian country, Chin Mu Wu, attributed to the start of enforcement of the free trade agreement, TLC, among both nations." |
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