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CEI is Nicaragua’s Export Promotion Center. It began activities in September 1992 as part of a joint effort between the private and public sectors. By 1996, it was constituted as a Private Non-Profit Non-Commercial Partnership.

CEI´s activities and services are financed by international cooperation agencies, the Nicaraguan Government, and also generates its own resources.

The Board of Directors is conformed of the following way:

President Orlando Solórzano Delgadillo
The Ministry of Development, Industry and Commerce (MIFIC)
Vice-President Douglas Reyes Aguerri
The Nicaraguan Association of Industrial Exporters (ANIEX)
Secretary José Adán Aguerri
The Higher Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP)
Treasurer Rene González Castillo
The American-Nicaraguan Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)
Directors Enrique Zamora
The Nicaraguan Association of Producers and Exporters (APEN)
Joaquín Lovo
The Nicaraguan Investment Fund (FNI)
Juan Iván Bugna
Medium Scale Tourism Companies (CANTUR)
 
   
  Mission  
 
To promote the growth of exports, thereby contributing to Nicaragua’s poverty relief and economic and social development. 		 
   
  Vision  
 
To convert CEI into a world-class Export Promotion Center, to improve the competitiveness of Nicaragua’s export sector and thereby obtain a successful position in the foreign trade market.		  
   
 

Objectives:

  
     
 
  1. To help Nicaraguan businesses (mainly small and medium scale businesses, or “PYMEs”) to develop the competitive edge needed for penetrating export markets.
  2. To avoid the duplication of efforts through coordinating and integrating activities with those of other private and public sector actors.
  3. To minimize the efforts required by exporters, through offering a “One Stop Shop” within CEI. Through this service, the exporter may find all export support services needed in a single location.
  4. To assist the development of a policy framework that supports exports.
  
Services:  
     
 

Competitive Intelligence
• Competitive Intelligence System (SIC)
  - Commercial Intelligence
  - Market Intelligence
  - Documentation Center
• Trade Point Nicaragua

Business Development
• Strengthening Associative Arrangements
• Part Time Business Agents
• Development of Export Projects
• Quality and Certification
• Training
• On-Line Connection to the Single Export Window (CETREX)
• Development of trade relations with importing businesses

Marketing and Promotion
• Exporter’s Web Site
• Trade Fairs
• Business Promotion
  - NOTIEXPORT
  - Exporters Directory