A Panamanian business mission is traveling to the Dominican Republic from 20-23 March 2018, for business to business meetings with local colleagues. The Panamanians are interested in new market opportunities. The mission is organized by the Panamanian Agency for Promotion of Investments and Exports (ProInvex), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industries of Panama (MICI).
On the schedule is a workshop on doing business in the Dominican Republic.
The Ministry of Commerce of Panama says that trade between the two countries in 2016 reached US$553 million, primarily seafood, industrial and agribusiness products.
The Dominican Republic and Panama have signed a Partial Scope Trade Agreement covering around 200 products. The Panama government and businesses have been negotiating with the Dominican Republic authorities since April 2017. This mission represents the next phase of the negotiations.
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El Nuevo Diario
22 January 2018
