The positive economic performance being experienced by Honduras explains in large part, the decision of more than twenty foreign companies to exploring the possibility of choosing the country as a destination for their operations.
Representatives of FIDE Investment and Exports announced that it is likely that some of these decisions will take shape in the second half of the year.
An article in Laprensa.hn's reports: "This interest from companies, according to the institution, coincides with the increase in exports seen in the last 12 months.
Diana Suazo, director of exports for FIDE, said that "shipping companies based in the country have increased their sales, therefore, exports have increased by 35%. The country has positioned itself in non-traditional products like organic coffee, tilapia and shrimp. "
Talking about the same subject the FIDE president explained that in the first six months of the year there has been a gratifying growth in the balance of goods, a 33% increase in exports, while the balance in Clothing and textiles has increased by 19.6% and services by 36%. "It has been a straight line going upwards since 2009," he said. "
Source: laprensahn.com
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January 2009
FIDE, business groups and universities are pushing for the creation of a training center for Contact Center operators.
Ivan Vasquez reports in an article on ElHeraldo.hn that "In the last few days Tim Searcy, CEO of American Teleservices Association (ATA), and Jason Fine, CEO of the Contact Center Institute (CCI), and Gretchen McKinney, Vice President of CCI, have visited the country in order to develop a model similar to the one developed in the Dominican Republic in the services sector.
June 2009
The company Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) will select the bilingual personnel for its future call center on the 19th and 20th of June.
The event, which is organized by the Foundation for Export Investment and Development (Fide), is in the planning stage for the implementation of this project.
April 2009
The ninth edition of the directory has over 1,000 exporting companies from more than 20 sectors.
The Registry of Exporters, prepared by the Investment and Development Fund (FIDE) also contains information relevant to the export sector or to potential investors such as investment laws and statistics, among others, in addition to the list of companies.
May 2009
Despite the financial crisis, the coffee sector is estimating more than $500 million in foreign exchange this year
The chairman of the Center of Coffee Cooperatives in Honduras, Dagoberto Suazo, noted that coffee consumption has increased almost 3% in the US and Japan, among other countries.
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