A local Chamber of Commerce in Colombia, South America (Cámara de Comercio de Valledupar) is planning to visit to the United Kingdom during April for a reference trip relating to the Dairy Sector. The delegation will be composed of Chamber of Commerce of Valledupar`s CEO and the small project team that is leading this effort.
The Chamber of Commerce of Valledupar, jointly with The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism have launched an initiative to improve the competitiveness of the Dairy Sector in the Department of Cesar – Colombia. More information on the initiative is available here.
Through this process it is conducting a strategic review of the sector, accompanied by an action plan aimed at improving the competitiveness of companies in the region. Within this analysis they have identified interesting opportunities to grow and become more competitive in milk production and processing to derivatives milk, taking into account the trends of differential products that have added value in addition to functionality more features specific to each market segment.
In order to understand these opportunities better, they are are organising a study trip for representatives from Chamber of Commerce of Valledupar to visit international best practices in the production and consumption of the dairy sector. They have identified Norfolk as a relevant region and would be very interested in having the opportunity to meet anyone in this sector, during their visit.
They are interested in meeting producers, retailers and manufacturers of complementary goods (machinery, logistics) for the sector, with the aim of learning from British companies and establish commercial relationships.
For more detailed information on the visit, please take a look at the Executive Summary.
The trip is pencilled in for April 22nd to 24th, but these dates are still tentative and may therefore change slightly. As there are only a couple of weeks left before their planned trip, if you would like to be included in their agenda of visits to our region, please contact the International Trade Team as soon as possible, on Tel. 01603 729712 or email us at [email protected].
