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Paraguay
Greetings
Business opportunities
in Paraguay
H.E. Horacio Nogués Zubizarreta
Ambassador of the Republic of Paraguay to Austria
Representative to United Nations in Vienna
and other international organizations
The Embassy of Paraguay in Vienna has the honor
to congratulate the 13 th the European Business
and Investment Forum that provides a very important
platform to promote business, exchange
experiences and contact network.
Paraguay is a World Class food producer; open and
connected to the world; with high rates of development,
rule of law and public safety; environmentally sustainable;
with women inclusion and young entrepreneurship
as trademark; and a Government that promotes solidarity
and transparency.
The Business Opportunities Paraguay offers include:
Labor Intensive companies taking advantage of the Free
Trade Zone for installing industrial platforms, The implementation
of the High – Tech Assembly Act providing
advantages for Labor Intensive Companies, Preferential
access to MERCOSUR through a List of Exemption
for goods, as a driver to increase the competitive of the
industry, Focus on Productive Chain Integration with
Brazilian companies to take advantage of existing markets
and Industrial Parks promoting the installation of
Food Service, Financing and Logistics companies. The
most competitive Paraguayan products are: clothing,
food, plastic articles, insecticides and pesticides, leathers,
balanced and animal feed, footwear.
In recent years, the tourism sector has undergone a
significant expansion thanks to the warn climate and
the known hospitality of Paraguayans.
Paraguay has gone from being the best kept secret of
Latin America to stand out as an attractive investment
destination because of our favorable business climate.
PARAGUAY IN THE WORLD… we are:
1° Producer of Renewable Energy
2° Producer of Stevia
3° Producer and exporter of yerba mate
3° Owner of barge fleet
4° Soybean exporter
4° Largest exporter of soybeans
4° World exporter of cassava starch
6° Largest producer of soybeans
6° Largest exporter of maize
6° Largest exporter of beef
6° Largest exporter of wheat
Our sincere gratitude to iconvienna for the opportunity
to participate in this edition of this important business
forum.
We invite you to visit Paraguay and to know the opportunities
we have to offer to the world.
Foto: Embassy of Paraguay
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