Local companies with a desire to export their goods and services have the opportunity to participate in at least 15 commercial missions that the government has on its agenda for next year that could potentially generate more than $22 million in sales, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera said Tuesday.
The global currents and economic challenges of the private sector, which have generated a sort of pessimism that focuses on only one part of the current reality, have significantly affected Puerto Rico’s manufacturing sector, Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera said.
Puerto Rico has a great opportunity and can be a powerful competitor in global tourism but it has a way to go to reach those goals, as it must first become a stronger player in the island’s economic development, where it only represents between 6 percent and 8 percent of the overall activity.
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