23/10/2018
Mexico, Monterrey and Panama from the perspective of the 6-day WRDF business visit
Between 10th and 15th September 2018, in Mexico and Panama, representatives of WFR presented 14 Wielkopolska companies from the SME sector in the agri-food sector (dairy products, freeze-dried fruits, vegetables and sausages, poultry slaughterhouse, energy drinks), cosmetics (bio and vegan and collagen), decorating (vertical gardens), textile (children's clothing), building (roads, motorways, doors and windows), aviation, medical and renewable energy (water treatment, recycling).
During a two-day visit to the capital, the prospects of exporting goods and services from Wielkopolska were discussed at meetings with ProMexico (Mexican Investment and Foreign Trade Promotion Agency), AMEXCID (Mexican Agency for Economic Cooperation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), COMCE (Mexican Chamber of Commerce). Promotion of Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology), representatives of the Polish Embassy in Mexico, SEDECO CDMX - International Department of Mexico City, Federal Office for the Development of Special Economic Zones, Undersecretary General of State Nuevo Leon, consulting firm BMT Global Consulting (one of the consultants is Dominika Bryndal, which prepares sectoral expert opinions), Polish business entrepreneurs in Mexico from the technological, medical, food and cosmetics sectors, Proyecto Mexico Investor Relations Director overseeing the bargaining platform, representatives of Santand Bank er Mexico (including the General Director of International Trade and Agriculture), PwC (one of the employees is Marta Milewska, transfer pricing partner) and the law firm Rivadanerya, Trevino & de Campo s.c. Offers were also submitted to the Foreign Trade Office.
In Monterrey, the capital of the Nuevo Leon region, the current needs of this state bordering the USA, which is the economic equivalent of Wielkopolska, with the Foreign Investment Director and Regional Director of the Comce Noreste Office in the Ministry of Economic Development and International Cooperation of the State of Nuevo Leon, were discussed. in particular, offers related to water treatment and the construction, gardening and textile sectors, and proposed signing an agreement between WFR and Comce Noreste and co-organizing subsequent economic events in Poland and Mexico. At the meeting at the Palacio Municipal Nuevo Leon with the Minister of Economics and Labor, Deputy Minister of Investment and Industry and Coordinator for International Relations, the similarities and differences between the two regions, common goals and investment opportunities for Wielkopolska entrepreneurs were discussed. During the meeting in Grupo Alfa with its president and financial manager NEMAK the possibilities of this largest company producing aluminum car parts, also having a factory in Poland, appreciated for high qualifications of engineering staff invited to other countries were presented to train further employees in newly opened Alfa factories on all continents. Grupo Alfa also associates companies from the food sector and expressed interest in dairy products from Wielkopolska Region.
All tenders in Panama are held via the Spanish-language site https://www.panamacompra.gob.pa/Inicio/ #!/. In Mexico, there is a special platform in English https://www.proyectosmexico.gob.mx, which We will discuss in detail our investor's guide from Greater Poland to Mexico.
Soon, the TENDER tab will appear on http://www.wfr.org.pl/ekspansja-zagraniczna, in which we will post information about tender platforms functioning on the markets analyzed by us. Now, however, we invite you to read the presentations on special economic zones in Mexico, PWC - Mexico Nation Project 2018, ProMexico - Why Mexico ?, Doing business 2018 - DB Mex, Business Nuevo Leon - Business in Nuevo Leon, International Desk Santader Mexico , RTDC Legal - law in Mexico, PAIH guide on the market of Mexico 2018, PAIH publications on the cosmetics, agri-food sector and the requirements and regulations of the National Chamber of Health, Safety and Quality of 2018, promotional film about the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture in Panama, as well as materials related to the next edition of the fair.