BRAZIL – Apex-Brasil is organizing with the support of the Brazilian Furniture Project and Abimóvel a trade mission to Central America to take place in Panama City, Panama from November 30 to December 2.

The action in Panama, a target market of the Brazilian Furniture Project, aims to broaden and strengthen the participation of Brazilian exports to that country and other countries located in Central America and the Caribbean, such as Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.

This mission has already been realized in 2015, when it generated business worth over USD 3 million and was attended by 20 Brazilian companies and 40 international buyers originating from Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. These results raise expectations for business expansion between the Brazilian furniture industry and potential players in Central America, a region with significant economic potential which forecasts GDP growth of around 11% and where construction GDP ranges from 4% to 21%.