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What is the Export Promotion Center (CEI)?
The Center for Export Promotion (CEI) is the Nicaraguan agency in charge of promoting foreign trade. CEI ’s purpose is to increase and diversify Nicaraguan exports.
What are CEI ’s main services?
Competitive Intelligence
- Market Intelligence
- Trade Intelligence Service (SIC)
- Trade Point Nicaragua
Entrepreneurial Development
- On-line connection with Center for Export Permits (CETREX- VUE)
- Quality and Certification of Products
- Training
- Institutional Coordination
- Financial Assistance for the Elaboration of Export Projects
- Association projects for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME’s)
- Joint ventures with brokers
Marketing and Promotion
- Trade Fairs and Commercial Missions
- Contact with Commercial Aggregates of Embassies and Consulates.
- Diffusion
- Exporting portal
What are CEI ’s office hours?
Office hours are 8:00 to 12:30 and 14:00 to 17:30 hours, Monday thru Friday.
Where is CEI located?
Our postal address is:
Kilómetro 4 Carretera a MasayaEsquina norte del Edificio Delta 1 cuadra arriba y ½ al lago.
Phone: (505) 252-5747 / 252-5787 / 252-5797; 252-5949; 278-0749
Fax: (505) 252-5851; 252-5839
E-mail: cei@cei.org.ni
What studies does Trade Point offer to help an entrepreneur export?
Export feasibility studies:
Through self-diagnosis, these studies will help you detect whether your company can stand up to the challenges of foreign markets
Product profile studies:
These describe the worldwide behavior of the product you wish to export, and assess national and international trends.
Market profile studies:
You will obtain information about conditions in the export markets convenient for you to export your product: Economic situation, trade barriers, market size, distribution channels, commercial contacts.
Business profile studies:
These allow you to make decisions about how to position yourself in the market or country you aim your product at.
Export plans:
These will make recommendations for actions your company should carry out in a previously defined foreign market.
Export cost studies:
These will help you with respect to your company’s sale operations abroad, through calculations of export price chains.For more information about studies carried out by Trade Point, please e-mail Ms. María José Guerrero at mguerrero@cei.org.ni
Where can I find statistics on Nicaraguan foreign trade?
Please, e-mail us (at nmolina@cei.org.ni) or contact us in person at CEI ’s Trade Intelligence Service (SIC).
Also, we provide statistics on Nicaraguan foreign trade through our export portal, under “International Trade”. You may search by export market, tariff position, product, or year (up to 2003).
What are Nicaragua’s major exports and imports?
Nicaragua’s major exports are: green coffee, beef, gold, peanuts, shrimp, live bovines and small red beans.
Nicaragua’s major imports are: crude oil and gas, medicines for human use, yellow corn, vehicles, hard wheat, pick-ups and concentrates for beverages.
For more information with respect to these products, please e-mail our Trade Intelligence Service (SIC) at nmolina@cei.org.nii |
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