Uruguay has acquired a solid position as a strategic transit point for international trade by offering significant customs, operating and geographical advantages. It is the gateway to Mercosur through its principal ports located at the mouth of the Parana-Paraguay-Uruguay Waterway.
Ancient precolumbian cultures produced grain crops, such as quinoa, kiwicha and cañihua, with very high nutritional value. Latin America’s Andean region has the advantage of possessing the ideal soil and climate conditions for producing these crops that have gained international recognition.
Pio Endurance started exporting horses to the Middle East and Europe in 2009 with the support of Uruguay XXI’s ProExport Program.
When negotiating, previous planning is essential for ensuring a successful transaction. This not only means gathering all the information there is to know about the matter but also on having a strategic vision so that both parties can benefit from a long-term relationship.
Selling products and services used to be simpler in the past: it mostly consisted of mastering the features of it and possessing decent persuasion skills. In today’s highly competitive world, every customer is unique, and to be successful, companies must learn about their clients’ individual needs, expectations and habits.
A study conducted by the Inter-American Development Bank found that small and medium-sized producers can play a competitive role through collective organization in high-value agro-food chains.
Software as a service, known as SaaS, is a development model that employs the internet as its delivery and execution platform, as opposed to physically installing a program physically on clients' computers. This IT segment is expected to grow at an annual rate of 25% and reach US$ 40.5 billion in 2014.
Over the past ten years, there has been an impressive growth in services and services trade in Latin America and the Caribbean, with IT-enabled services growing by an average of 25% annually. Finishing schools are emerging as a tool for public and private partners to overcome limitations in the sector’s skilled labor pool.
Obtaining quality certification is one of the best ways to generate credibility and to successfully enter the global market.
A survey on the readiness of banks in Latin American and the Caribbean to finance SMEs found that 73% of banks are inclined to expand their portfolio in this area. The IDB group remains the most important international financial entity providing assistance to regional banks.
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