Banana Export Revenues UpMonday, January 30, 2012 Despite lower volume exported in 2011 by Panama, sales revenues abroad grew by 30% compared to 2010. Last year 13.2 million cartons of green banana were sold and the value of exports from Panama increased by 30%, thanks to an improvement in international prices and productivity, said Roberto Santamaria, director of the Banana Program at the Ministry Agricultural Development. Booming Energy Rental BusinessFriday, May 4, 2012 Growing by 10% a year as Panama is currently doing is energy intensive, meaning that the demand for rental generators is constantly growing. Project developers, subcontractors and promoters of artistic events require power permanently and this is where companies that rent electricity generators come in, providing a compliment to the traditional distribution system. Tax Exemption Ends for 90 ProductsThursday, May 3, 2012 Due to the government’s need to increase tax revenue in Costa Rica several types of meat and fruit will incur sales tax of 13% from Monday . Among the types of products that will be taxed from now on with 13% sales tax are beef and pork loins, beef tenderloin and pork t-bone, Delmonico, sirloin, salmon, rice paella, risotto, shrimp, lobster, oysters, kiwi, plums, prunes, cherries and peaches, reports Nacion.com. Panama: Movement of Containers Grows by 21%Tuesday, June 5, 2012 Between January and March 1.796 million containers were mobilized, 315,000 more than in the same period in 2011, which means an increase of 21%. In the first quarter of 2012, 1,796,000 20 foot long containers passed through the Panama Canal Zone and port, 315,241 containers more than in the same period in 2011, which represents growth of 21%, estimated the Panama Maritime authority (AMP in Spanish). Business Tips from a Banana MagnateMonday, June 11, 2012 Samuel Zemurray, known in the United States as the Banana Man, a tycoon who challenged the United Fruit Co., leaves behind 5 lessons for success in business. The banana magnate Samuel Zemurray, known in the United States as the Banana Man, saw an opportunity to become very rich in the piles of unused ripe bananas that he saw one day in 1895 in Mobile, Alabama. Nicaragua Presents Food Taipei 2012Thursday, June 28, 2012 Fourteen companies have been participating in, from 27th to 30th June, in the annual edition of the food fair being held in Taipei, Taiwan. Exhibitors expect to make arrangements for the export of coffee, biscuits, sweet brown sugar, chia, cardamom, cashews, cocoa powder, and pasta. Taipei Fair Makes Good Business for NicaraguaWednesday, July 11, 2012 A Nicaraguan delegation of businessmen who traveled to Taiwan for the Fair Food Taipei 2012 in June, did not come home empty-handed. Seven companies producing coffee, cocoa, sweet brown sugar and waffers managed to strike deals. El Salvador: Maquila Shows Signs of ImprovementThursday, December 3, 2009 Orders are increasing as the United States, main destination for Salvadoran textile exports, begins to recover. Patricia Figueroa, executive director of CAMTEX (Textile and Free Zone Chamber of El Salvador), commented that an increase in U.S. orders has allowed company Fruit of the Loom to reactivate its Montecristo facility. Positive Signals for Salvadoran Textile IndustryFriday, March 5, 2010 Textile companies are optimistic: purchase orders have increased 10% and many jobs have been recovered. Patricia Figueroa, head of the Salvadoran Textile Industry Chamber, explained that some companies are now investing as the market recovers. Agribusiness: Results from Participating in International FairsTuesday, March 11, 2014 Ten Guatemalan companies closed deals for $7 million in the Fruit Logistica fair in Germany. Agricultural entrepreneurs managed to make 53 new contacts after holding 87 business appointments. Papaya Market in the NetherlandsTuesday, September 6, 2016 Importers buy directly in producing countries and occasionally provide services of relabeling, washing, packing, transporting and carrying out import formalities. From a statement issued by PROCOMER: Franchises in Costa Rica Continue to GrowThursday, July 12, 2012 A third study by the Chamber of Commerce on the field shows an increase of 28% last year. A statement of the Chamber of Commerce of Costa Rica reads: Central America: Export Figures for Palm OilWednesday, August 9, 2017 Of the total amount exported in 2016 by Central American countries, 34% went to the Netherlands, 25% was exported to Mexico, and 15% to Germany. Figures from the Information System on the Market for Palm Oil and its Derivatives in Central America compiled by the Business Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData: [Figure caption = "Click to interact with graphics"] 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 Cardamom and RamadanTuesday, August 7, 2012 The current harvest will not be in time to take advantage of peak consumption which occurs during Ramadan, which this year has been moved forward in the calendar. An article in Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "Guatemala is the largest exporter of cardamom in the world and supplier to Middle Eastern countries, but this year it will not be able to take advantage of Ramadan, as India, the largest producer, has started its harvest last month. " |
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