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El Salvador: Remittances Keep Growing

October 10, 2017

Between January and August 2017 the country received $3,283 million in remittances, 10% more than in the same period last year.
Revenues from family remittances reached $3,283.5 million in the period from January to August

The Potential of the Pharmaceutical Industry in El Salvador

October 9, 2017

The degree of development of laboratories and the relevance of the plastic industry stand out as two of the advantages that the country offers for investment in the pharmaceutical industry.

A study prepared at the request

The Potential of the Gulf of Fonseca

October 9, 2017

The ambitious joint plan of the governments of Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador is to turn the Gulf of Fonseca into an area of ​​free trade and sustainable tourism.
The aim is to create a long-term master plan in

Coffee Cultivation and Climate Change

October 9, 2017

A study by the Smithsonian Institute predicts that by 2050 the areas suitable for coffee cultivation in Latin America will have been reduced by 73-88%.

 

Areas in Latin America suitable for growing coffee face

El Salvador: Electronic Signature Ready in Early 2018

September 11, 2017

According to the Ministry of Economy there are already ten public entities and one company interested in providing the service, which could be available in the first months of 2018.
Although it remains to be decided which

Productivity, Trade openness and Diversification

September 6, 2017

Sustainable economic development requires the maximization of these three factors in a combined form.

EDITORIAL 

 - There is no use opening a country to the world if you do not have the minimum capacities to compete

El Salvador: Project to Build Shopping Center

September 6, 2017

Grupo Campestre plans to start building a new shopping center in the capital at the end of the year with nine commercial premises and 180 parking spaces.
Sergio Romero, CEO of Grupo Campestre, explained that the company is

Salvadoran Beer Goes to the US Market

September 5, 2017

The first shipment of one thousand boxes and 100 barrels of craft beer from the Cadejo Brewing Company will be sent to Maryland, Washington.
The six varieties of craft beer produced by the Cadejo Brewing Company will be

Productividad, apertura comercial y diversificación

August 31, 2017

El desarrollo económico sostenible requiere de la maximización de estos tres factores en forma conjunta.
 - De nada sirve abrir un país al mundo si no se tiene mínimas capacidades para competir en los mercados

Hopes for Customs Union in El Salvador

August 31, 2017

The trade union of Salvadoran exporters has already started the process to participate in the negotiation rounds to join the Customs Union between Guatemala and Honduras.
The private sector will be part of the negotiation

Initiative to Simplify Business Registration

August 31, 2017

In El Salvador a proposal has been made to reform the Commercial Code to eliminate the requirement for a public inscription to register companies whose initial capital is less than $100 thousand.
The proposal is part of a

Iniciativa para simplificar registro de empresas

August 31, 2017

En El Salvador proponen reformar el Código de Comercio para eliminar el requisito de escritura pública para registrar empresas cuyo capital inicial sea inferior a $100 mil.
La propuesta es parte de una serie de reformas que