SANITARY PERMITS
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Food: Food Safety Systems Being Tested
Jan-22-21 | In the new commercial reality in which customers value food free of any virus or bacteria, producers and international distribution chains are forced to reinforce their safety systems to reduce the risk of selling contaminated products.
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Food: International Standards Approved
Nov-30-20 | The rules for food companies and producers, on the management of food allergens, were approved. These rules can be adopted by the legislation of each country and thus harmonize the requirements of trading partners.
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Agriculture: Challenges in Times of Pandemic
Oct-27-20 | Scheduling medical checkups for the staff, preparing the housing modules to maintain social distance and adapting the logistics of transporting people are challenges that the sugar mills will face during the 2020-2021 harvest.
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Flying Locust: Emergency Declared in Guatemala
Jul-24-20 | Since the pest represents a threat and is capable of destroying crops in a very short time, moving large distances in one day, a state of phytosanitary emergency was declared in the country due to a significant increase in the number of flying locusts.
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Shopping Centers Forced to Reinvent Themselves
Jun-30-20 | Using technology to measure the flow of visitors, reducing the furniture available in the food courts and implementing product deliveries in the parking area are part of the changes that the region's shopping centers must apply in this new reality.
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Real Estate: Businesses Stop
Apr-6-20 | Some of the effects of the health emergency and the restrictions decreed by the government on the real estate sector in Guatemala are the cancellation of appointments with clients and the suspension of projects and contracts.
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Coronavirus: Proposal of the Industrial Sector
Mar-20-20 | In order to mitigate the effects that will derive from the covid-19 crisis, businessmen of the industrial sector of Guatemala ask the government to adjust the measures in aspects such as banking, credit, labor and tax.
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Coronavirus and its Impact on Business
Mar-18-20 | In Central America, it is estimated that the sectors that could expect a severe impact on sales in the coming months are Transport, Entertainment and some sub-sectors of Industry and Trade.
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Business Resilience in Times of Crisis
Mar-18-20 | Identifying critical business needs and setting up plans on how to maintain supplies and operations, as well as establishing communication channels with suppliers to be informed in case of any eventuality, are part of the advice for companies.
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Tourism Centers: Closings in Guatemala
Mar-16-20 | After the outbreak of covid-19, the government decided that as of March 15 the Yaxhá and El Mirador national parks in Petén, and the Semuc Champey Natural Monument in Alta Verapaz would be closed to the public.
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Instability, Confusion and Economic Deceleration
Mar-10-20 | Faced with the advance of the coronavirus epidemic, businessmen in the region are asking citizens to follow only official recommendations to avoid giving way to disorienting versions that only contribute to generate instability and uncertainty.
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Dairy Industry: Conflict between Guatemala and Honduras
Nov-25-19 | Guatemalan producers say the Honduran authorities refuse to inspect their plants, preventing them from exporting milk to that market, so they ask the Guatemalan Ministry of Economy to apply reciprocal measures.
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Guatemala Prepares to Export Livestock to Mexico
Nov-14-19 | The protocol allowing Guatemalan companies to sell live cattle in the neighboring country will come into effect on December 15, 2019.
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Food: New Rules for Exporting to the U.S.
Jul-3-19 | Exporters are preparing for the new regulation that will be implemented from 2020 in the U.S. market, among which is the application of a new table of nutritional data in packaged products.
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Bovine Meat Exports: Business is Wasted
Jul-1-19 | Because Guatemalan authorities have not yet completed the health control program, local producers cannot export live cattle to Mexico, where they could sell between 10,000 and 15,000 head a month.