On 5 and 6 November, Moises Peraza, Director of the Office of Commercial Promotion of Mexico (ProMexico) for the Caribbean and Fernanda Chavez, Manager for Central America and the Caribbean, of the Mexican Entrepreneurial Council for Foreign Trade, the Investment and Technology (COMCE) will be in Haiti.

The objective of this delegation will be meet with the Haitian private sector as a whole, including industrial operators, traders, exporters, Chambers of Commerce, the HOPE Commission and the ministries involved in the investment.

During a working lunch with Haitian businesses, ProMexico will make a technical presentation of his vision on business opportunities between the two countries.

This mission of ProMexico follows the first "investment forum" held in November 2012 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-7192-haiti-economy-first-investment-forum-haiti-mexico.html by the Investment Facilitation Center (CFI), the Embassy of Haiti in Mexico and the Secretariat of Foreign Relations of Mexico in November 2012, and the visit of the Mexican Entrepreneurial Council of Foreign Trade (COMCE) on March 14, 2013 in Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8095-haiti-economy-exploratory-visit-of-mexican-entrepreneurs.html and the signing of the cooperation agreement between the Chamber of Commerce of Haiti and the Mexican institution.

"The objective is to encourage bilateral trade valued at a little over $61 million in 2012," indicated Marco Antonio Fraire, the Chargé d'Affaires Mexican of the Embassy "We want to take advantage of the willingness of the Government to open Haiti to foreign investment, to strengthen ties with that country, but also identify with the businessmen the products that our two countries can exchange [...] There are a loss of income (revenue shortfall) for the two countries, estimated at more than $500 million, this is a loss for Haiti and Mexico," concluded the Mexican diplomat.

Meetings and interviews will be conducted by ProMexico certainly, but will also be present the Ambassadors of Haiti in Mexico and Mexican in Haiti. This is a combined action between the two diplomatic missions and commercial operators of the two countries.

SL/ HL/ HaitiLibre