Costa Rican farmers offer their products in the U.S.

To export more agricultural products to the United States, 14 farmers are virtually participating in the Specialty Food Live fair this year.

The fair is managed by the U.S. Specialty Food Association, SFA, was founded in 1952. The fair currently represents 3,500 members such as food artisans, purveyors, importers, entrepreneurs, distributors, retailers, and others involved in the food trade.

The United States is the main commercial partner for Costa Rica, so Costa Rica's Export Promotion Agency, known as PROCOMER by its acronym in Spanish, selected food companies to offer their products at the fair.

Among the agricultural companies chosen by the agency were Natural Sins, Paradise Ingredients, Industrias Mafam, Alimentos Cook, Montaña Azul, Roma Prince, Productos Agropecuarios Visa, Todo Natural, Sweetwell, Nahua Cacao & Chocolate, Tertulia Brugge, Vidal Brothers Company, Laica and Prosalud Food.

In the virtual fair, companies had to introduce their products with photographs, videos and catalogs. A wide variety of goods are being offered to attract U.S. consumers such as natural chips, fruit flours, vegetables, tubers, cocktail mixers, drinks, healthy snacks, natural cereals, coffee flakes, seeds, among many others.

Last year, from January to November, the food industry represented 14% of the country's total exports. This data showed a growth of 7% of exports related to the same period of 2019, despite the pandemic. The most exported products were palm oil, syrups for beverages, products derived from fish, juices and fruit concentrates, according to PROCOMER.


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