Nicaragua and Thailand Aim to Increase Trade and Investment

Nicaragua already exports products worth $1,300,000 to the Asian country and is keen to promote its agriculture and tourism sectors.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

An official Taiwanese delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Nonrischai Jullapong, visited Nicaragua to attend the inauguration of the second term of President Daniel Ortega and discuss business opportunities.

Local officials will be interested in highlighting the investment potential in agriculture and tourism, said Alvaro Baltodano, presidential delegate for investment. "We are convinced that Thailand is a country that is going to develop investments in Nicaragua and a trade relationship between the two countries will begin to be developed and established," said Baltodano, in an article on Laprensa.com’s website.

According to La Prensa, the Central American country exported products worth $1,312,960 to Thailand in 2011.

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From a press release from the Costa Rican Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex):

A delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Trade, Anabel Gonzalez, will visit India next week, along with representatives from the Foreign Trade Promoter (PROCOMER) and the Coalition of Development Initiatives (CINDE). An intensive agenda of meetings with government officials and entrepreneurs will take place in three major cities of the country (New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore) and the main objectives are to seek to promote the opening of communication channels, attracting investment and promoting exports.

Taiwan Still Interested in Nicaragua

September 2011

Two companies will install production plants, one for solar panels and one for cardboard boxes.

The trade agreement signed in 2008 has boosted Taiwanese investments in Nicaragua and created closer diplomatic and commercial ties between both nations.

So far, Taiwan has invested more than $135 million in the Central American country, particularly in the free zones.

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