SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 10 May. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife, through the delegated area of Foreign Action, together with the Chamber of Commerce of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, will carry out a trade mission to Portugal in the second half of the year in order to promote business opportunities with the country .
This was revealed during the conference on business opportunities with Portugal, held last Friday, organized by the Consulate of Portugal in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with the support of the Cabildo de Tenerife and the Chamber and with the collaboration of La Caixa .
The event featured speeches by the Cabildo’s CEO of Foreign Action, Liskel Álvarez, the vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, Arturo Escuder, the territorial director of Commerce and delegate of ICEX, Pilar Merino, and the managing director of Proexca, Dácil Domínguez, who announced the different lines of business that Portugal offers to companies.
The meeting was aimed at companies from Tenerife interested in finding out about the options in the Portuguese market.
“In order to continue strengthening trade relations between the two territories, this trade mission will be carried out in order to help the island’s companies sell their products in the Portuguese market and promote business between commercial suppliers,” said CEO Liskel Álvarez. , picks up a note from the Cabildo.
Luis Moura, director of the Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade of Portugal (AICEP) for Spain, indicated that trade relations between the two countries have not stopped growing in recent years since, according to what he said, there are more than 5,500 companies Canarian companies that acquire some product from this commercial partner, while 255 Canarian companies export to the Portuguese neighbor.
According to data provided by the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Chamber of Commerce, Canarian exports to Portugal have increased by 251% in the first two months of the year, going from almost 5 million euros to 17.50 million.
