The government projects for this year total sales abroad of $2,000 million of which 75% ($ 1,500 million) relate to agricultural products.
The Nicaraguan Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Ariel Bucardo, told local television,"The rest of the agricultural products will be placed in traditional markets like the U.S., the main buyer of Nicaraguan products, in Central America, European and Asian countries", noted a report in Elnuevodiario.com.ni
Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni
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May 2011
In 2010 the country's food exports from the north to the isthmus increased by 25%.
Product sales from Mexico to the Central American countries totaled more than $644 million last year, far exceeding the previous year's figures.
This significant increase has led to an improvement in the results of the trade balance, growth from sales in recent years has generated a trade surplus that has reversed the previous downward trend.
January 2011
Albalinisa is a Venezuelan – Nicaraguan joint venture in the frame of the ALBA treaty, with growing food exports to Venezuela.
The creation of Alba Foods Nicaragua (Albalinisa) was funded by a $ 880 000 loan approved by the National Assembly of Venezuela in late 2008. The Nicaraguan press links Albalinisa and its directors to Albanisa, the company which manages the supply of Venezuelan oil to Nicaragua.
June 2011
The country has a new veterinary diagnostic and food microbiology laboratory.
The center in located in San José de la Cañada, at kilometer 10.5 of Old Road to León, will help ensure the safety of exported food.
"Onel Perez, president of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Industry Beef Exports (Canicarne), considers the construction and operation of the new laboratory, which will help serve the needs of increasing agricultural production, of "trancendental importance".
February 2009
According to data from the Department of Agriculture and Stockbreeding, the farm sector increased exports from $19.4 million in January 2008 to $31 million in 2009.
Mario Salaverría, the Minister of Agriculture, informed Laprensagrafica.com: “...the increase is owed in part to diversification in the agricultural sector and in agro-industry."
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