Uruguay XXI and the Chamber of Industries organized a multisectoral trade mission of national companies that will remain between Wednesday 17 and Friday 19 in Colombia, destination of national exports in 2015 for 24 million dollars. So far this year, the institute led similar visits to Paraguay, Bolivia and the United States and has on agenda others to Peru, Panama and Costa Rica.
The presence of the multisectoral delegation of goods and services companies in Bogota is organized by Uruguay XXI and the Chamber of Industries of Uruguay, with the support of the Embassy of Uruguay in Colombia.
During the mission, which is led by the executive director of Uruguay XXI, Antonio Carámbula, the Uruguayan firms will hold meetings with their Colombian counterparts, based on an agenda prepared jointly by the institute and the Colombian consulting firm Araujo Ibarra.
On this occasion, Anele Norab (natural cosmetics), Xseed (software, geolocation), Kod Latam Security (computer and physical security), Bglobal (software - CRM), Pagos Web, (Software - Internet payments) Arch Sourcing, Eldecor (architecture), Cruce (graphic design and packing) will participate in the activity.
Completing the delegation are Giménez Méndez (winery), Elder Tavares (electrical materials), SEG Ingeniería (energy consultancy), La Buena Estrella (veterinary products), Sinapsis (software), Mungo (audiovisual), Agroland (olive oil), Compañía Cibeles (veterinary products, agro and pharma), ITC (consultancy - ICTs).
This Thursday 18th, a meeting will be held at the residence of the Uruguayan ambassador in Colombia, Duncan Croci, where the national companies that are part of the commercial visit and local executives will be present.
Uruguay XXI reported that in 2015 exports from Uruguay to Colombia reached 24 million dollars.
Colombia offers opportunities to increase Uruguayan sales, mainly in the manufacturing sector, which represents 92% of the total, according to a methodology based on the Trade Complementarity Index prepared by its Competitive Intelligence Department.
The investment and export promotion institute organizes trade visits with the aim of enabling Uruguayan companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to increase their sales abroad and diversify their export markets.
This is the third time that Uruguay XXI organizes a trade mission to Colombia. Other destinations visited so far this year were Paraguay, Bolivia and the United States. In the coming months this activity will be developed in Peru and Panama and Costa Rica.
Source: Quatromanos
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