Twenty participating companies, which represented the island’s food and beverage industry, locked down 125 virtual appointments to market their products to potential off-island clients.
As part of the results of the recent commercial mission to Orlando, an alliance will be signed with business organizations in Puerto Rico and Florida, Puerto Rico Trade and Export Executive Director Ricardo Llerandi announced.
Puerto Rico Trade and Export has launched the first Creative Industries Accelerator program, which seeks to help this sector showing a capacity to export their services.
Puerto Rico Trade and Export will host on Sept. 6-7 a multi-sector business event, “Expo Puerto Rico 2017” at the Puerto Rico Convention Center.
A delegation of four Puerto Rican businesses achieved sales of $5.4 million during the most recent trade mission to Peru that took place Aug. 7-11 coordinated by Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company, agency Executive Director Ricardo J. Llerandi confirmed.
Puerto Rico Trade and Export released the island’s most recent set of retail sales figures for the first quarter of 2017, generated using a new methodology announced earlier this year.
Seventeen local companies will participate in this year’s edition of Expocomer, an international multi-sector expo slated for Mar. 22-25 looking to network, expand operations and secure business deals, Puerto Rico Trade and Export Executive Director Ricardo Llerandi announced Monday.
Governor-elect Ricardo Rosselló-Nevares moved forward Thursday with designations of cabinet members and for his team at La Fortaleza, including the new Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Co. and of Puerto Rico Trade and Export.
Puerto Rico’s retail sales reflected a reduction of $71.5 million, equivalent to a 2.25 drop when compared to March 2015, Puerto Rico Trade and Export revealed Thursday.
Lufthansa Technik Puerto Rico announced Monday that seven local suppliers have been contracted initially to serve several critical needs of the company’s maintenance, repair and overhaul project in Aguadilla.
The United Automobile Importers Group (known as GUIA by its Spanish acronym), an organization that represents automotive industry in Puerto Rico, will celebrate on May 20 the “Foreign Trade Zone Puerto Rico Seminar 2015” at the Sheraton Hotel and Casino.
Caribbean Produce Exchange, a distributor of fruit, vegetables and eggs in Puerto Rico, recently signed an agreement with Puerto Rico Trade and Export to pave the way for an $800,000 expansion of its storage and distributions facility.
Retail sales of commercial in Puerto Rico were up 1.06 percent in September 2014 compared to the same month in 2013, Puerto Rico Trade and Export said Wednesday.
A delegation of 13 Puerto Rican companies will exhibit their products at the Americas Food & Beverages Show event, which will take place Oct. 27-28 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, said Puerto Rico Trade and Export Executive Director Francisco Chévere on Monday.
Looking to give the island’s economic activity a much-needed push through entrepreneurship, Plaza Las Américas is joining forces with MasterCard, the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank, and the Puerto Rico Trade and Export Company to launch the "Journey to Business Success" competition for business development.
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