As part of its AGROCAFTA program, the corporation of exporters of El Salvador (COEXPORT) is including a a regional workshop on modernising technical requirements to support SMEs with making secure exports to the U.S.
The workshop will be attended by more than 40 public and private specialists and academics mostly from of El Salvador, with 9 representatives from institutions in Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. At the same time with the collaboration of OIRSA, the workshop will be screened via video conferencing to these countries, gaining more than 130 American participants in the process.
Source: Salvadorean Exporters Association
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